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.

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury.

So I buy it. The most perfect little cardigan in the world. People will call me the Girl in the Gray Cardigan. I’ll be able to live in it. Really, it’s an investment.

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be.

They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail.

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