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...

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

Books are educational; so you can buy as many as you want." Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace

We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?

I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan" - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby

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!