# Quote — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down

> I'm sorry, but there's no disturbed mental balance here, my friend. I'd say he got it just right. Bad thing upon bad thing upon bad thing... Surely that's fair enough? Surely the coroner's report should read, "He took his own life after sober and careful contemplation of the fucking shambles it had become."

- Author: [Nick Hornby](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nick-hornby.md)
- Book: [A Long Way Down](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nick-hornby/a-long-way-down.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/nick-hornby/a-long-way-down/im-sorry-but

## More from this book

> I wanted to make my life short, and I was at a party in Toppers' Hose, and the coincidence was too much. It was like a message from God. OK, it was disappointing that all God had to say to me was, like, Jump off a roof, but I didn't blame him. What else was he supposed to tell me?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nick-hornby/a-long-way-down/i-wanted-to-make.md)

> And another way of explaining it is that shit happens, and there's no space too small, too dark and airless and fucking hopeless, for people to crawl into.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nick-hornby/a-long-way-down/and-another-way.md)

> I couldn't get the mood back; it was as if one of the kids had woken up just as Cindy and I were starting to make love. I hadn't changed my mind, and I still knew that I'd have to do it sometime. It's just that I knew I wasn't going to be able to do it in the next five minutes.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nick-hornby/a-long-way-down/i-couldnt-get.md)