Sophie Kinsella Quotes - Page 5

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• Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

  Sophie Kinsella

  Eye, Math, Class

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• Lover? I don't know. I don't know if she loves me. I don't know if I love her. All I can say is, she's the one I think about. All the time. She's the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see.

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  Love, Thinking, Voice

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• I don't speak Japanese, I don't know anything about Japanese business or Japanese culture. Apart from sushi. But I can't exactly go up to him and say "Sushi!" out of the blue. It would be like going up to a top American businessman and saying, "T-bone steak!

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  Blue, Would Be, Culture

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.24, Random House

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• We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great." "Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's not. They all put words like 'iridiums'. And I put 'pig'.

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  Pigs, Sound, Scrabble

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• If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.

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  Home, Thinking, Needs

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• Except...I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to face him, I don't make a sound. I don't need to. We're still talking. Every touch he makes, every imprint of his skin is like another word, another thought, a continuation of our conversation. And we're not done yet. Not yet.

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  Hands, Talking, Skins

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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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• 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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• I can do this, I tell myself firmly. I can be attracted to him. It's just a matter of self control and possibly also getting very drunk. So I lift my glass and take several huge gulps. I can feel the bubbles surging into my head, singing happily "I'm going to be a millionaire's wife! I'm going to be a millionaire's wife!" And when I look back at Tarquin, he already looks a bit more attractive. Alcohol is obviously going to be the key to our marital status.

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  Glasses, Self, Keys

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• Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.

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  Real, People, Should

  "Shopaholic Abroad". Book by Sophie Kinsella, 2001.

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• I'm sitting at the dinner table, wearing my future mother-in-law's underwear. It's like some twisted dream that you wake up and thinkL Crikey Moses! Thank God that didn't really happen!

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  Mother, Dream, Law

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• Obviously this is engagement ring city. Couples are wandering along and girls are pointing through the windows and the men are smiling but all look slightly sick whenever their girlfriends turn away.

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  Girl, Couple, Men

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.104, Random House

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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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• If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.

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  Jobs, Thinking, White

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• He so did not sit down and have a proper talk with her. I know it. He probably sent her a brief text, saying, Over. Sam.

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  Down And, Knows

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• I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.

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  Dad, Law, People

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• Mind your own Brazilian!" The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them. Oops. OK. The trick when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is not to overreact. Instead, keep your chin up and pretend nothing happened.

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  Mistake, Mind, Mouths

  "I've Got Your Number: A Novel". Book by Sophie Kinsella, 2012.

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• Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. "So." "So." I can play this game too. "Poppy." "Poppy. I mean, Magnus." I scowl. He caught me out.

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  Mean, Games, Play

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• Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.

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  Crush, Glimpse, Body

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• Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? - Poppy Wyatt

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  Mean, Thinking, Way

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• ... what would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything.

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  Cells, Stay Calm, Details

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.8, Random House

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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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• 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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• If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

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  Weekend, Thinking, Want Something

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• I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my phone in its usual place in my pocket. Every instinct in me wants to text someone, 'OMG, I've lost my phone! ' but how can do that without a bloody phone?

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  Phones, Hands, Want

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.16, Random House

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