Sophie Kinsella Quotes - Page 6

I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my phone in its usual place in my pocket. Every instinct in me wants to text someone, 'OMG, I've lost my phone! ' but how can do that without a bloody phone?

Suddenly I've had enough of all this. I've had enough of being made to feel insecure and paranoid and wondering what's going on

Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.

Jeez Louise. I know why rich people are so thin: it's from trekking around their humongous houses the whole time.

Life takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and embrace them. (Lara Lington - to Sadie Lancaster)

So I buy it. The most perfect little cardigan in the world. People will call me the Girl in the Gray Cardigan. I’ll be able to live in it. Really, it’s an investment.

"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.

Becky! Love!" Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. "What's wrong? Has labor started?" Honestly. My family has no idea about contemporary urban street dance trends.

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP.

There are moments in life that the white-chocolate Magnum ice cream was invented for, and this is one of them.

...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.

Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

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

And we spend the rest of the evening getting very pissed and eating ice cream, as we always do when something good or bad happens to either one of us.

The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them. It’s for their own good.

I can see the warmth. He's falling for me.

It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. I'm old.

Okay. Now my skin is really prickling. I've read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don't remember any half-blood prince. "What's this?" Trying to sound casual, I point at the ad, "What's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?" "That's the latest book," Garth the other trainee, says. "It came out ages ago." I can't help gasping. "There's a sixth Harry Potter?" "There's a seventh out soon!" Diana steps forward eagerly. "And guess what happens at the end of book six-" "Shh!" exclaims Nicole, the other nurse. "Don't tell her!

I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan" - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby

My voice is clotted with unshed tears.

All this time, I wasn't hungry for success, I was hungry.

I did a lot of shopping for her in Tokyo because the colors here are very conservative. A shopaholic would have a coat in every color and lots of accessories

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be.

Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.