Danny Wallace QUOTES

61 " The pub, Ian. Today. Be there.’
And I slammed my phone down, dramatically.
And then I realized what I’d done and rang him back and told him which pub and at what time, and he said could we make it a bit later, and I said okay, and he said bye and so did I.
It was just like in a film. "

― Danny Wallace , Join Me!

62 " "I saw you and I see you every day. I greet you every day. Can you read my eyes? I miss you every day. I love you every day.
What was this guy’s story? Doorman? Bus driver? Receptionist? Who’s the girl? Has she noticed him? Is he anyone to her, or just the fella behind the counter at Benji’s?
Why doesn’t he say something to her?
But I knew why. Because there’s the creeping fear that these moments don’t actually exist outside your own head. No eyes meet across a crowded room, no two people think precisely the same thing, and if only one person actually has that moment, is it even really a moment at all?
We know this, so we say nothing. We avert our eyes, or pretend to be looking for change, we hope the other person will take the initiative, because we don’t want to risk losing this feeling of excitement and possibilities and lust. It’s too perfect. That little second of hope is worth something, possibly for ever, as we lie on our deathbeds, surrounded by our children, and our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren, and we can’t help but quickly give one last selfish, dying thought to what could have happened if we’d actually said hello to that girl in the Uggs selling CDs outside Nando’s seventy-four years earlier.
It’s the what if? The what then? And we know that if we go for it, if we risk it, we immediately stand to lose it. But weirdly, some part of us believes the feeling is two-way, because it must be; it’s too special not to be. We believe that something’s been shared, even if the evidence we have is … what? A look that lasted a breath longer than we’re used to? A second glance, when the glance could easily have been to check whether there are any cabs coming, or whether the jacket we’re wearing that’s caught their eye would look good on their boyfriend, or why it is we seem to be staring at them." "

― Danny Wallace , Charlotte Street

63 " The thing I realised instantly was that at first, Wag had blamed all of this on luck. But he'd made that luck happen. He just hadn't realised it. He'd made a series of 'correct' choices, which had let him, bass in hand, to his girl. Maybe we can all do that. Maybe we can all change our fortunes. Maybe there's no such thing as destiny - there's just a series of choices we create ourselves. I guess it's only when we look at how a No could have changed our lives for the worse that we realise the value of the tiny yeses that fly at us each day. - 293 "

― Danny Wallace , Yes Man

64 " I LIKE TENNIS BALLS! TENNIS BALLS ARE ROUND! I LIKE ROUND THINGS! "

― Danny Wallace , Hamish and the Neverpeople (Hamish and the PDF, #2)

65 " If we have faith that some higher powers, some enlightened beings, are helping us to develop spiritually, then you begin to relate to life completely differently. And I suppose life starts to become a little more magical. Every opportunity must be seen as a chance to learn. We have to be open to whatever happens, good or bad. Because anything that happens is a chance to increase our wisdom, and to walk further down the path to enlightenment. So if you miss the bus, that's an opportunity to learn. If you become ill, that's an opportunity to learn something new, like compassion maybe. - 319 "

― Danny Wallace , Yes Man

66 " He noticed that the streets didn’t feel as safe when there were fewer women on them. So he launched a Night Without Men, where women were encouraged to hit the bars and restaurants and the men were encouraged to stay at home with the kids. "

― Danny Wallace , F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness—And What We Can Do about It

67 " Well – at least Binky’s in a zoo.’ ‘Yes, he’s in a zoo, where they keep wild hunting dogs and lions. They all get on so well, it’s like Madagascar 3 in here. "

― Danny Wallace , Who is Tom Ditto?

68 " I love London. I love everything about it. I love its palaces and its museums and its galleries, sure. But also, I love its filth, and damp, and stink. Okay, well, I don't mean love, exactly. But I don't mind it. Not any more. Not now I'm used to it. You don't mind anything once you're used to it. Not the graffiti you find on your door the week after you painted over it, or the chicken bones and cider cans you have to move before you can sit down for your damp and muddy picnic. Not the everchanging fast food joints - AbraKebabra to Pizza the Action to Really Fried Chicken - and all on a high street that despite its three new names a week never seems to look any different. Its tawdriness can be comforting, its wilfulness inspiring. It's the London I see every day. I mean, tourists, they see the Dorchester. They see Harrods, and they see men in bearskins and Carnaby Street. They very rarely see the Happy Shopper on the Mile End Road, or a drab Peckham disco. They head for Buckingham Palace, and see waving above it the red, white and blue, while the rest of us order dansak from the Tandoori Palace, and see Simply Red, White Lightning, and Duncan from Blue. But we should be proud of that, too. Or, at least, get used to it. "

― Danny Wallace , Charlotte Street

69 " Her pen tapped her order pad, excitement finding a way out, the way bubbles of air find their way to the surface. "

― Danny Wallace , Who is Tom Ditto?

70 " Yeah, she must work round here. Lot of high class escorts i. this area. And traffic wardens, too. She's probably one or the other. "

― Danny Wallace , Charlotte Street

71 " souted "

― Danny Wallace , Hamish and the Neverpeople (Hamish and the PDF, #2)

72 " I grabbed my coat. We were off.
Well, I grabbed my coat, waited the best part of an hour for Hanne to choose between one pair of black trousers and another virtually identical pair, had a cup of tea, approved the trousers, and then we were off. "

― Danny Wallace , Join Me!

73 " We supped at our pints, imagining a whale fighting a giant squid, probably just as thousands of other men in pubs across the land were doing at that moment. "

― Danny Wallace , Join Me!

74 " It’s exciting for a boy to have a project. For one thing, it makes you start thinking of stationary, and we all know how exciting that can be… But there’s something about buying a new ringbinder that really makes me feel like a grownup. That said, I don’t actually own any. "

― Danny Wallace , Join Me!

75 " It was 8am. My phone was ringing. What kind of society do we live in where someone can make your phone ring at 8am? There should be rules. "

― Danny Wallace , Join Me!

76 " I lay, shamefaced and embarrassed, in my bed. Which is a deeply unusual place for me to feel shamefaced and embarrassed, and anyone who says otherwise is a bloody liar. "

― Danny Wallace , Join Me!

77 " Vedete, una storia che finisce puoi affrontarla. Fa male, e per un po' è un dolore così lacerante che è come se i polmoni collassassero e il cuore implodesse ogni volta che ti rendi conto che se n'è andato. Ma man mano che passa il tempo, almeno per me, è quello che è rimasto, quelle briciole sul pavimento, che ti aiutano a continuare. Quelle modeste prove che ti aiutano a guarire, questa è l'idea che mi sono fatta. "

― Danny Wallace , Charlotte Street

78 " Io penso che le cose cambino, è ovvio. Ma in base alla mia esperienza, penso spesso che le cose cambiano perché la gente non cambia. "

― Danny Wallace , Charlotte Street

79 " I found shelter from a thin rain in the laundrette opposite, the hot air thick with Persil. "

― Danny Wallace

80 " Yeah, but if you r heart isn't in it, you need to be where your heart is. "

― Danny Wallace

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