Sophie Kinsella Quotes - Page 6

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• Sam doesn't hesitate for a minute. 'You say, "Mr and Mrs Tavish, you're making me feel inferior. Do you really think I'm inferior or is it just in my mind?

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  Thinking, Mind, Minutes

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.197, Random House

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• The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them. It’s for their own good.

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  Lying, Parent, Protect

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• Women need chocolate. It's a scientific fact.

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  Chocolate, Needs, Facts

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• But sometimes you have to be brave. Sometimes you have to show people what's important in life.

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  People, Brave, Important

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.128, Random House

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• I'll have to admit, he really does have quite a smile.Kind of heart-stopping, especially as it comes out of nowhere. I mean... you know. If your heart was in the kind of place to be stopped.

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  Heart, Mean, Doe

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• If it's in the bin, it's public property.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Property, Ifs

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• Why didn't I buy a new phone earlier? Why don't I always walk around with a spare phone? It should be the law, like having a spare tire.

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  Phones, Law, Tire

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• Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

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  Looks, Firsts, Should

  Sophie Kinsella (2007). “Shopaholic & Baby”, Random House LLC

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• Just because of that one disastrous blind date she had last year, where the guy turned out to be fifty-nine, not thirty-nine (He claimed it was a typo. Yeah, I’m sure his finger just happened to slip two spaces to the left).

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  Years, Two, Space

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• Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.

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  Giving Up, Use, Argument

  Sophie Kinsella (2013). “Wedding Night”, p.110, Random House

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• I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list.

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  Lists, Buyers, Impulse

  "My life in shopping". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2007.

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• I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.

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  First Love, Thinking, People

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• I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous.

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  Cooking, Brain, Rooms

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• Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices.

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  Doors, Buzz, Firsts

  Sophie Kinsella (2009). “Shopaholic Abroad: (Shopaholic Book 2)”, p.162, Random House

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• I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out.

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  Stars, Work Out, Pops

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• I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

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  Book, Pseudonyms, Firsts

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• I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to do it anymore.

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  College, Oxford, Gone

  "Big ideas". Interview With Alice Wignall, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2004.

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• My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.

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  Childhood, Heroines

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• I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait.

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  Numbers, Office, Training

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• I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.

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  Selfish, Shopping, Mind

  "My life in shopping". Interview with Sophie Kinsella, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2007.

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• Shopping with friends is a great way of still enjoying the thrill of the chase without having to make a purchase. It can also be a real bonding opportunity. Helping your friend find something nice is just as rewarding as helping yourself.

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  Real, Nice, Opportunity

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• If you look good, you feel good!

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  Feel Good, Looks, Feels

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• You're so narrow-minded! You live in the same village you grew up in, you run the family business, you're buying a nursery down the road... you're practically still in the womb. So before you lecture me on the way to live my life, try living one of your own, OK?

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  Running, Nurse, Trying

  Sophie Kinsella (2009). “The Undomestic Goddess”, p.303, Random House

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• When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung by deliverymen.

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  Writing, Ebay, Amazon

  "My life in shopping". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2007.

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• I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face.

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  Children, Book, Writing

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