... 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.
Sophie KinsellaOkay. Now my skin is really prickling. I've read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don't remember any half-blood prince. "What's this?" Trying to sound casual, I point at the ad, "What's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?" "That's the latest book," Garth the other trainee, says. "It came out ages ago." I can't help gasping. "There's a sixth Harry Potter?" "There's a seventh out soon!" Diana steps forward eagerly. "And guess what happens at the end of book six-" "Shh!" exclaims Nicole, the other nurse. "Don't tell her!
Sophie KinsellaOur 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.
Sophie KinsellaJust 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).
Sophie KinsellaI am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.
Sophie KinsellaI 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.
Sophie KinsellaAnd maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.
Sophie KinsellaGreat. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.
Sophie KinsellaI had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan" - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby
Sophie KinsellaYou'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?
Sophie KinsellaWe’re on this planet for too short a time. And at the end of the day, what’s more important? Knowing that a few meaningless figures balanced—or knowing that you were the person you wanted to be?
Sophie KinsellaThe way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.
Sophie KinsellaEmma, your granddad’s on the line,” says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. “Something about the night bus and he’ll never trust you again?
Sophie KinsellaIt's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.
Sophie KinsellaI'll show Luke I can fit into the city. I'll show him I can be a true New Yorker. I'll go the gym, and then I'll eat a bagel, and I'll ... shoot someone, maybe? Or maybe just the gym will be enough.
Sophie KinsellaBut you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.
Sophie Kinsella"This is me, remember!" retorts Suze. "I know what you're like! You used to throw all your bank statements into the trash and hope a complete stranger would pay off your bills!" This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.
Sophie KinsellaIt's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it's only ever a question, never an answer. You can't live your life waiting for an answer.
Sophie KinsellaI mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?
Sophie KinsellaShe believes in love and romance. She believes her life is one day going to be transformed into something wonderful and exciting. She has hopes and fears and worries, just like anyone. Sometimes she feels frightened. Sometimes she feels unloved. Sometimes she feels she will never gain approval from those people who are most important to her. But she’s brave and good-hearted and faces her life head-on.
Sophie KinsellaI'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?
Sophie KinsellaThere’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.
Sophie KinsellaEveryone keeps saying I’ll pick it up. But what if I don’t? I did algebra for three years, and I never picked that up.
Sophie KinsellaWhen 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)
Sophie KinsellaA 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...
Sophie KinsellaBooks are educational; so you can buy as many as you want." Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace
Sophie KinsellaSuddenly I've had enough of all this. I've had enough of being made to feel insecure and paranoid and wondering what's going on
Sophie KinsellaWhen I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card. (Sadie Lancaster - to Lara Lington)
Sophie KinsellaI 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.
Sophie KinsellaLike 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'.
Sophie KinsellaIt's a GIRL. It's a little girl, with scrunched-up petal lips and a tuft of dark hair and hands in tiny fits, up by her ears. All that time, that's who was in there. And it's weird, but the minute I saw her I just thought: IT'S YOU. Of course it is.
Sophie KinsellaWhy 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.
Sophie KinsellaLife takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and embrace them. (Lara Lington - to Sadie Lancaster)
Sophie KinsellaI 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.
Sophie KinsellaIt really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. I'm old.
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