Quotes from bookA Long Way Down
For the film of the same name, see A Long Way Down . Not to be confused with the Charlie Boorman series Long Way Down.A Long Way Down is a novel written by British author Nick Hornby, published in 2005. It is a dark comedy, playing off the themes of suicide, angst, depression and promiscuity.
“The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose.”
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“The outward manifestations of an inner combustion are never very directed.”
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“Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.”
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“Human beings are millions of things in one day.”
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“When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad.”
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“Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.”
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“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
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"The Relation of Dress to Art," The Pall Mall Gazette http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14062/14062-h/14062-h.htm (February 28, 1885) <br class="br">reprinted in Aristotle at Afternoon Tea:The Rare Oscar Wilde (1991) <br class="br">Source: A Long Way Down
“He's at the chocolate teapot end of the competency scale.”
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“One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.”
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