Quotes from Sophie Kinsella

Should I tolerate it as normal male behaviour, like when he gets a cold and starts Googling nose cancer symptoms discharge nostrils ?

A divorce is like a controlled explosion. Everyone on the outside is OK.

A relationship is a game of chess.

grief is long and messy and horrible—but it's not an illness. And you cope how you cope. There's no 'well' about it.

In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone. And i do choose to trust him. I do.

If you're single, then I'm single? What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?

And anyway, I continue, lifting my head nobly, who-ever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help them in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think?

As I stare at it,I can feel little invisible strings,silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.

I think you need to start thinking less about what you owe other people and more about what you owe yourself.

I don't know who I am any more. I have no bloody idea. ... I don't know who I am. Or what my goal is...or where I'm headed in life. Or anything

Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too.

Family's the most important thing.

No wife wants to hear that her husband is less than perfect.

Maybe my identity's been stolen. Or maybe I was sleep-shopping!

Material possessions aren't important to me, I say breathlessly. All that matters to me is yoga.

One of my major rules of life is: You should listen to your body. Your body is wise. Your body knows.

But that's what happens in life. People find new friends and new sisters. It's called natural selection.

I feel a bit apprehensive as I see that he's looking directly at me. But I'm not doing anything wrong, am I? I mean, it's not like stalking is against the law. Oh. Well, OK, maybe stalking is against the law. But I've only been doing it for five minutes. Surely that doesn't count. And anyway, how does he know I'm stalking anyone? I might just be sitting here for my pleasure.

It's amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words "organic," "authentic," and "Gweneth Paltrow.

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

I stare at him in indignation. This changes what? I was his guardian angel till three minutes ago. You can't just switch guardian angels because you feel like it.

You've gone back to the way you used to be before. The way you promised you'd never be again.

Although, as Leonardo da Vinci said: "Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge