Quotes from Sophie Kinsella

Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in charge of the world.

she doesn't really have a sense of humor. I think she'd like to have one—it's just that she doesn't quite understand what jokes are for.

It's easy to discount family. It's easy to take them for granted. But your family is your history. Your family is part of who you are.

If love is easy, you're not doing it right.

Even when you think you have lost yourself, love can still find you.

It was in the forest. No one saw it or heard it. So did it actually happen?

When the dog bites, when the bee stings... I simply remember I have a boyfriend and suddenly things don't seem quite so completely shit.

Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something. Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous break down. But the rest of us.

Men who want to get married propose. You don't need to read the signs. They propose and that's the sign.

Have you ever shaken up a compass and seen the arrow whirling around, trying to find a place to settle?" says Alex abruptly. "Well, that's my brain. It's all over the place.

You shouldn't go into a marriage feeling inferior in any way.

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

There's genuine pain in Eric's eyes. And I feel a stab of guilt. But you can't stay with people because of guilt.

I don't believe this. How can he not want to go to the Savoy? God, it's all right for top businessmen, isn't it? Free champagne, yawn, yawn. Goody bags, yet another party, yawn, how tedious and dull.

I mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?

This is me, remember? retorts Suze. I know what you're like! You used to throw all your bank statements into the trash and hope a complete stranger would pay off your bills! This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.

I can never resist telling people good news. I mean, why not brighten someone else's life too?

We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.

I know this is our honeymoon. But just sometimes, I wish Luke was a girl.

I need good coffee! I say in horror. It's my only luxury! I can't live with my parents and drink bad coffee. It's not humanly possible. Becky talking about cutting back with her parents.

Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.

She believes in love and romance. She believes her life is one day going to be transformed into something wonderful and exciting. She has hopes and fears and worries, just like anyone else. Sometimes she feels frightened. He pauses, and adds in a softer voice, Sometimes she feels unloved. Sometimes she feels she will never gain approval from those people who are most important to her.s

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

It's funny how life works like a seesaw: Some things go up while others plunge down.