A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long time ago. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others (David Nicholls, "One Day")
And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a steady pulse of pleasure and satisfaction and occasional irritation, and this seemed to be a happy exchange; if there had been moments in her life when she had been more elated, there had never been a time when things had been more constant. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
As soon as she'd met him at the arrivals gate on his return from Thailand, lithe and brown and shaven-headed, she knew that there was no chance of a relationship between them. Too much had happened to him, too little had happened to her. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavored to harden herself to Dexter's indifference and these days a remark like this caused no more pain than, say, a tennis ball thrown sharply at the back of her head. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
Call me or I'll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it's not a competition. You don't lose I you phone first. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you (David Nicholls, "One Day")
Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. Eat sensibly. Stuff like that. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp. (David Nicholls, "One Day")
Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice to you? (David Nicholls, "One Day")