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High Fidelity

A self-portrait of a great writer 's rise and fall, intensely personal and etched with Fitzgerald's signature blend of romance and realism.The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-ni

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“...we're all cynics and romantics, sometimes simultaneously...”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: People, humans, Mankind, Human Beauty, Human All Too Human

“You run the risk of losing anyone who is worth spending time with...”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Losing Someone, risks, Love

“You know the worst thing about being rejected? The lack of control. If I could only control the when and how of being dumped by somebody, then it wouldn't seem as bad. But then, of course, it wouldn't be rejection, would it? It would be by mutual consent. It would be musical differences. I would be…”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Rejection

“You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Work, Relationships

“...it’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favourite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Love & Relationships, Relationships, Compatibility, romance

“It’s a mystery of human chemistry and I don’t understand it. Some people, as far as the senses are concerned, just feel like home.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: human, chemistry

“It’s brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, depressed

“I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Past, present

“You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Relationship Advice, How To Stay In A Relationship, Commitment

“It’s a mystery of human chemistry and I don’t understand it. Some people, as far as the senses are concerned, just feel like home.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Thoughts, Human Being, Home Is A Feeling

“Those days are gone, and good fucking riddance to them; unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money. If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.”

— Nick Hornby, amazon.com

Tagged: Unhappiness, Pain, Breakups, Moving On