Quotes from Sophie Kinsella

I also know that standing up for yourself can be hard. But you have to do it. Sam Roxton

Some people are born into roles. Others have roles thrust upon them.

She has amazing eyebrows. Some people are just granted amazing eyebrows, and she's one of them.

But life can't be about holding on to the bad things. It has to be about grabbing on to the good things and letting the bad things go.

Of course I have secrets.

Standing behind a pillar toward the back, tall and dark and solid, his eyes fixed on mine. Looking at me and no one else. And as I gaze back at him, I feel restored.

like that time I used false eyelashes with dodgy glue from the market, then tottered into the bathroom the next morning to find one eye glued shut with what looked like a dead spider on top of it. Really attractive, Lexi.

But here's the thing, if you're responsible for someone's money, you've got to be able to ask questions. Doesn't matter if you sound stupid.

Procession For Ye Bride who Changèd Her Minde. No

Some things are private. I mean, we're grown-ups now. You don't share everything.

Maybe sometimes in life you just miss your chance

But at the same time, my resolve is hardening like lacquer. I'm taking time out, but I'm not giving up. I mean, I'm only in my twenties; am I going to let one setback crush my ambition? No.

A relationship isn't a snapshot." He nods down at the phone. "It's a journey.

But I've had a lot of time to think about this, and if you ask me, most people underestimate eyes. For a start they're powerful. They have range. You focus on someone thirty metres away, through a whole bunch of people, and they know you're looking at them. What other bit of human anatomy can do that?

This is the trouble with meeting people in real life: they don't come with profiles attached.

Yes, I made the mistake of falling in love with a man without any feelings. Now it all makes sense.

All of you make these easy, obvious, lazy assumptions that anyone under the age of eighteen is a pathological, dishonest sub-human with no integrity. But we're people, just like you, and you don't seem to get that!

I'm your husband. If you're lost, its up to me to come and find you.

For someone who looks after hearts, you can be careless. You know you broke mine, don't you?

Every woman in the world sometimes thinks about shoes in the middle of sex. It's a well-known fact.

You just have to accept it, Effie, says Bean, sounding sad. I know it's hard. When Hal dumped me, all I wanted was Hal. I wanted him so badly, I thought the universe must give me him. It must. Her voice trembles. But it didn't. I couldn't have him. I had to have something different. I had to be happy with something different. Otherwise, what am I going to do, just cry my whole life? She sits up in bed, a ray of moonlight making her eyes glitter. What are you going to do, cry your whole life?

If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

All I can say is, she's the one I think about." Margaret pauses, and her voice softens as she reads. "All the time. She's the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see." My throat is full of lumps. I'm swallowing desperately, trying to keep my composure. He's the one I think about. All the time. He's the voice I want to hear. When my phone bleeps, I hope it's him.

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