Sophie Kinsella Quotes - Page 3

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• she doesn’t really have a sense of humor. I think she’d like to have one—it’s just that she doesn’t quite understand what jokes are for.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Thinking, Sense Of Humor, Jokes

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• Like most of us, I'm used to juggling about 52 roles in life. Wife. Mother. Sister. Friend. Author. Sometimes I feel a bit 'multiple-personality'.

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  Mother, Wife, Personality

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• A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn't fit, you can't exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags...

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  Truth, Love You, Men

  "Confessions of a Shopaholic". www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• Philosophy wasn't about facts, it was about ideas. My first essay title was something like: 'How can you know what other people are thinking?' I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing thing.' I really thought deeply for the first time.

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  Philosophy, Thinking, Ideas

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

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• The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.

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  Writing, Way, Feels

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• Why on earth declutter when you can just shrinkwrap?

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  Earth

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• Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.

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  Taken, Journey, Youth

  Sophie Kinsella (2013). “Wedding Night”, p.7, Random House

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• I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper’s come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don’t know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.

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  Thinking, Snow, Secret

  Sophie Kinsella (2004). “Can You Keep a Secret?”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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• I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.

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  Character, My Best Friend, Weakness

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• I've always had this deep-down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

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  Waiting, New Life, Conviction

  Sophie Kinsella (2004). “Can You Keep a Secret?”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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• You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back ... you might as well wish the sky were red.

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  Want You Back, Sky, Wish

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• Ciao," I say casually, and flick my hair back. "Si. Ciao." I could so be Italian. Except I might have to learn a few more words.

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  Italian, Hair, Might

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• I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels!

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  Fun, Writing, Financial

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• I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

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  Cheer, Book, Needs

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• Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something. Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous break down. But the rest of us.

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  Brother, Pressure, Nervous

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• I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something which turns out to be nothing. Don't waste your time.

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  Heart, Tears, Waste

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• When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

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  Get Better, Needs, World

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• If you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?

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  Song, Pops, Supposed To Be

  Sophie Kinsella (2009). “Shopaholic Abroad: (Shopaholic Book 2)”, p.99, Random House

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• You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

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  Next, Sometimes, Enough

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• What are they waiting to see?" Sam follows my gaze and I shrug. "Who knows? You could always do a dance, or tell a joke, or... kiss the bride?" "Not the bride," he wraps his arms around me, and gradually pulls me close. Our noses are practically touching. I can see right into his eyes. I can feel the warmth of his skin. "you." Me. "The girl who stole my phone." His lips brush across the corner of my mouth. "The thief." "It was in a bin." "Still stealing." "No it isn't-," I begin. But now his mouth is firmly on mine, and I can't speak at all. And suddenly, life is good.

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  Girl, Eye, Life Is Good

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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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• 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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• If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.

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  Husband, Real, Writing

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• Relationships are a battle. They are a chess game. And what did I do? I just threw all my chess pieces down on the board at once, and said, "Here! Have them all!

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  Games, Chess Game, Chess Pieces

  Sophie Kinsella (2004). “Can You Keep a Secret?”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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• You panicked". Venetia's voice is suddenly throbbing, as though she can't control a long-buried anger. "You panicked, Luke, and we lost the best relationship that we had. Everyone was jealous of us at Cambridge, everyone. We were perfect together." We weren't perfect!" He looks at her incredulously. "And I didn't panic---" You did! You couldn't cope with the commitment! It frightened you!" It did not frighten me!" Luke shouts, exasperated. "It made me realize you weren't the person I wanted to have children with. Or spend the rest of my life with. Ever. And that's why I ended it!

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  Children, Jealous, Commitment

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