I once tried to give him a friendly little "drugs chat". He politely corrected me on every single fact, then said he'd noticed I drank above the recommended guidelines of Red Bull and did I think I might have an addiction? That was the last time I tried to act like the older sister.

There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

I hurl the glass teapot to the ground. we both stare at it, stunned. "it was supposed to break," I explain after a pause, " and that was going to signify that yes, I would throw something away . If I knew it wasn't right for me.

I'm lying. I don't just need someone like you. I need you.