I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love… - Nick Hornby

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I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

Nick Hornby

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Nicholas Peter John "Nick" Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter.

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Alternative Names: Nicholas Peter John Hornby • Nicholas P. J. Hornby • N. P. J. Hornby • N. Hornby • Nicholas Hornby • Hornby, Nick • Hornby, Nicholas Peter John

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Where's the superficial? I was, and therefore am, dim, gloomy, a drag, unfashionable, unfanciable, and awkward. This doesn't seem like superficial to me. These aren't flesh wounds. These are life-threatening thrusts into the internal organs.

There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while.

Then I lost it. Kinda lost it all, you know. Faith, dignity, about fifteen pounds.

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disrup… - Nick Hornby

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