“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
more infosource: “Home Debut: Arsenal v. Stoke City,” in Fever Pitch (New York: Riverhead Trade, 1992), 15.
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category: England, love, soccer, sports
medium: Memoir
“I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900; I’d like people to look at it and think, How the hell did he end up right over there?”
Nick Hornby
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