Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?

We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great." "Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's not. They all put words like 'iridiums'. And I put 'pig'.

Emma, I'm sorry, I can't help you. This is a disaster. You're completely vulnerable. It's like going into battle in a nightie.

The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life.

If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

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...