David Nicholls Quotes

shane:do we have a choice michael:dont think so shane:then screw im gitting tired lets go get eaten.at least then i can get some sleep

Well, we lost it, and that’s all there is to that.

If you're not going to win there is no point in fighting.

'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen.

I already gave my best.

But what is past my help is past my care.

When you can't climb your way out of such a hole, you tend to crouch down and call it home.

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.

It's fine," I repeated. And whatever. It was fine. It had to be.

The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again.

I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It slips away, like a wave from shore. I am pondering this sad fact when I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. It's been there awhile, biding it's time and growing closer with each revolution. I give up on rage, which at this point has become a formality, and make a mental note to get angry again in the morning. Then I let myself drift, because there's really no fighting it.

I'm not choosing, but I'm running out of fight.

When you stop fighting, that's death.

he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget.

... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.

I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.

I still smile it's not worth the trouble any more for a long time now it's not been worth the trouble the tongue spring goes into the mud I stay like this not thirsty any more the tongue goes back into the mouth it closes it has to make a straight line now it's done I've made the image.

There's a difference between quittin and knowin when you're beat.

I don't care about losses anymore.

There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch.

You get to a place where you do your job, and then you dust your hands off and say, 'Okay, my job is done. Now, it's in the stars. We'll see what happens.' There's nothing I can do to affect it.

Surrender had played out for good with me.