Sophie Kinsella
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Biography
Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, was an English author. She is especially known for her best-selling Shopaholic series of novels.
"sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!"
"There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out."
"I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore."
"In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone."
"Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail..."
"Lover? I don't know. I don't know if she loves me. I don't know if I love her. All I can say is, she's the one I think about. All the time. She's the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see."
"Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too."
"It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to."
"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."
"We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare.""Scrabble?"He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great.""Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's not. They all put words like 'iridiums'. And I put 'pig'."
"A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn’t fit, you can’t exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags…"
"It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it's only ever a question, never an answer. You can't live your life waiting for an answer."
"A real relationship is two-way."
"If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ..."
"Of all the crap, crap, crappy nights I've ever had in the whole of my crap life. On a scale of one to 10, we're talking...a minus 6. And it's not like I even have very high standards."
"Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury."
"Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it."
"A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right."
"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?"
"If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband."
"Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late."
"We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed."
"When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again.(Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)"
"I'd laugh, only my stupid lizard brain has disabled the laugh button for now. I'm too frozen up with tension.I am owed so much laughter. Sometimes I hope I'm building up a stockpile of missing laughs, and when I've recovered, they'll all come exploding out in one gigantic fit that last twenty-four hours."
"You don't just get over it. And it doesn't make any difference if you're supposedly a grown-up. It never goes away."