And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.

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.

There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just said, like in a courtroom.

Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way.

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

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