Quotes from Sophie Kinsella

She's gazing up at Eddie as though no one else exists, and I suddenly feel a little pang. They really are in love. I can see the antagonism slowly melting away in their eyes. It's like witnessing a chemical reaction in a test tube.

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

I think I've finally worked out how to feel good about life. Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: they have their owncrappyy truths, too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think: is this my life... ? you should remember: it's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.

Sense has taken a back seat for now. Alcohol is in charge of talking. And Alcohol says, 'Woo! Anything goes!

Because it's human nature to hope for impossible things." She eyes me shrewdly. "You're in marketing. You know that.

Maybe sometimes in life you get another chance. Maybe you can go back. Right back to... how it was in the beginning.

But isn't that what every young couple thinks, and then suddenly, boom, they're old and bitter and not looking at each other properly?

I'm not gullible, I'm trusting.

Follow my heart or don't break his. I think in the end I broke a bit of both our hearts

The 'what' is easy. It's the 'why'.

I know that things are still uncertain; I know that reality hasn't gone away. There'll be explanations and recriminations and messiness. But right now I'm entwined with a man I think I might love. And I haven't married the man I know I don't love. And from where I'm looking that's pretty good going, for now. At

As regards the DF 4000 Deluxe X-ray body scanner we were discussing, please be assured, I have never known a case of a husband "using it to track down shopping parcels hidden about his wife's person.

I tell myself to look away, but the truth is, I don't want to look away. I want to be drawn into his gaze. Which is dumb. And wrong. He belongs to another woman, I remind myself sternly. He likes whiny, shouty, newsreadery-type women.

Everything inside me has shifted. I'm stronger. Not only am I able to let go, I'm happy to let go. I'm focused on the future.

I don't know what magic has brought him here. My brain can't function well enough; I can't make sense of it. But he's here. And his eyes are telling me that they love me.

Depressive Episodes. [I]Episodes.[/i] Like depression is a sitcom with a fun punch line each time. Or a TV box set loaded with cliffhangers. The only cliffhanger in my life is Will I ever get rid of this s***? And believe me, it gets pretty monotonous.

I don't know anything about Japanese business or Japanese culture. Apart from sushi.

Happy Birthday Dear Samantha From Us All. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. My throat is tight. No one's ever made a cake for me in my life before.

knight in shining armor is not a realistic option. But there's a part of me that wants a huge, amazing romance. I want passion. I want to be swept off my feet. I want an earthquake, or a Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I don't know, a huge whirlwind Ã¢â'¬Â¦ something exciting. Sometimes I feel as if there's this whole new, thrilling life waiting for me out there, and if I can just—

The sky is an endless, evening blue and there's the smell of honeysuckle in the air. Music is burbling away gently in the background and Nathaniel's hand is resting casually on my thigh. I have never felt so content in my life.

The more you engage with the outside world, the more you'll be able to turn down the volume on those worries. You'll see that they're unfounded. You'll see that the world is a very busy and varied place and most people have the attention span of a gnat.

anyway, who defines "real life"? Who says "real life" is property ladders and hideous pearl earrings? "Shit-boring tedious life," more like.

Frusture is my word for the exquisite fury that only your husband can give you. Not only are you furious, you feel like he's doing it all on purpose, in order to torment you.

Non ti colpevolizzare perché non conosci tutte le risposte. Non sempre è necessario sapere chi sei. Non è necessario avere il quadro completo, né sapere dove stai andando. A volte è sufficiente anche solo sapere cosa si farà dopo.