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bded703
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I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the world, each on our own piece of fluff.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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b04d2cd
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A mistake isn't a mistake unless it can't be put right.
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life
mistake
right
truth
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Sophie Kinsella |
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13c3dab
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I don't speak Japanese, I don't know anything about Japanese business or Japanese culture. Apart from sushi. But I can't exactly go up to him and say "Sushi!" out of the blue. It would be like going up to a top American businessman and saying, "T-bone steak!"
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0c8d5df
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All this time, I wasn't hungry for success, I was hungry.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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f8c7e71
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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. - Sam Roxton
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i-ve-got-your-number
sophie-kinsella
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Sophie Kinsella |
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08f1bc0
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Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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4826e35
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The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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6af90f1
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Most people underestimate eyes. They're infinite. You look someone straight in the eye and your whole soul can be sucked out in a nanosecond. Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1fbecdc
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They talk about "body language," as if we all speak it the same. But everyone has their own dialect. For me right now, for example, swiveling my body right away and staring rigidly at the corner means, "I like you." Because I didn't run away and shut myself in the bathroom. I just hope he realizes that."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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ebe2c1f
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L: You want me just to be your... friend? E: You want the truth? I think you're my guardian angel. L: What? E: Do you know what it's like to have someone crash into your life with no warning? When you landed in my office, I was like, Who the fuck is this? But you shook me up. You brought me back to life at a time when I was in limbo. You were just what I needed... You're just what I need. L: Well I need you too. So we're even. E: No, you d..
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Sophie Kinsella |
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470a168
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For years now I've kind of operated under an informal shopping cycle. A bit like a farmer's crop rotation system. Except, instead of wheat, maize, barley, and fallow, mine pretty much goes clothes, makeup shoes, and clothes (I don't bother with fallow). Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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7a56593
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Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.
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shopaholic
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a18aa8f
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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?
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Sophie Kinsella |
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fef60d9
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Honestly, it's so easy to get what you want from people if they think you're a psycho.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1414dd1
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That's the trouble with having the whole world love you. One day, you wake up and it's flirting with your best friend instead. And you don't know what to do. You're thrown.
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shopaholic
world
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Sophie Kinsella |
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e2a8d80
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I'm Cinderella. No, I'm better than Cinderella, because she only got the prince, didn't she? I'm Cinderella with fab teeth and a shit-hot job.
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remember-me
sophie-kinsella
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Sophie Kinsella |
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d019594
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Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a2a2604
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It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. I'm old.
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me
remember
sophie
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Sophie Kinsella |
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05b5c46
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It's a GIRL. It's a little girl, with scrunched-up petal lips and a tuft of dark hair and hands in tiny fits, up by her ears. All that time, that's who was in there. And it's weird, but the minute I saw her I just thought: IT'S YOU. Of course it is.
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shopaholic
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a0b222b
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What are they waiting to see?" Sam follows my gaze and I shrug. "Who knows? You could always do a dance, or tell a joke, or... kiss the bride?" "Not the bride," he wraps his arms around me, and gradually pulls me close. Our noses are practically touching. I can see right into his eyes. I can feel the warmth of his skin. "you." Me. "The girl who stole my phone." His lips brush across the corner of my mouth. "The thief." "It was in a bin." "..
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Sophie Kinsella |
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3ff654c
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You look... amazing!" And I have to say, I agree. I'm wearing all black - but expensive black. The kind of deep, soft black that you fall into. A simple sleeveless dress from Whistles, the highest of Jimmy Choos, a pair of stunning uncut amethyst earrings. And please don't ask how much it all cost, because that's irrelevant. This is investment shopping. The biggest investment of my life. I haven't eaten anything all day so I'm nice and th..
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clothing
fashion
shopaholic
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Sophie Kinsella |
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386b958
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They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail.
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humor
humour
shopping
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Sophie Kinsella |
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ac185e0
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Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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942bc85
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There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.
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motherhood
mothers
parents
parents-and-children
sympathy
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Sophie Kinsella |
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33f92b3
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You don't need to change one hair. One freckle. One little toe. And if its me thats made you feel you should do this..then there's something wrong with me. -Luke Brandon
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Sophie Kinsella |
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eea4039
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Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? - Poppy Wyatt
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i-ve-got-your-number
sophie-kinsella
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Sophie Kinsella |
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67677e0
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Except...I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to face him, I don't make a sound. I don't need to. We're still talking. Every touch he makes, every imprint of his skin is like another word, another thought, a continuation of our conversation. And we're not done yet. Not yet.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a7fe69c
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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.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a4f4899
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Mind your own Brazilian!" The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them. Oops. OK. The trick when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is to pretend nothing happened."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1a45e96
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Every instinct in me wants to text someone OMG, I've lost my phone! but how can I do that without a bloody phone?
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Sophie Kinsella |
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730b66e
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I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something which turns out to be nothing. Don't waste your time.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a3bd8d8
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Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. "So." "So." I can play this game too. "Poppy." "Poppy. I mean, Magnus." I scowl. He caught me out."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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ca48156
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Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.
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life-lessons
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Sophie Kinsella |
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4198f8c
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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. They've already forgotten what happened. They don't think about it. There will have been five more sensations since your incident.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1a942cd
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Jennifer Aniston and Her New Man'" I read the words aloud uncertainly. "What new man? Why would she need a new man?" "Oh yes." Nicole follows my gaze, unconcerned. "You know she split up from Brad Pitt?" "Jennifer and Brad split?" I stare up at her, aghast. "You can't be serious! They can't have done!" "He went off with Angelina Jolie. They've got a daughter." "No!" I wail. "But Jen and Brad were so perfect together! They looked so good and..
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jennifer-aniston
sophie-kinsella
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Sophie Kinsella |
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2841628
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The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them. It's for their own good.
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lying
parents
protect
truth
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Sophie Kinsella |
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bea8d7e
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My voice is clotted with unshed tears.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1156b62
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But, Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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e69e82a
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Because it's human nature to hope for impossible things.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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96a6887
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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)
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Sophie Kinsella |
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40ae1eb
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I've come to think of my lizard brain as basically a version of Felix. It's totally random and makes no sense and you can't let it run your life. If we let Felix run our lives, we'd all wear superhero costumes all day long and eat nothing but ice-cream. But if you try to fight Felix, all you get is wails and screams and tantrums, and it all gets more and more stressy. So the thing is to listen to him with half an ear and nod your head and t..
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Sophie Kinsella |
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4b27d30
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Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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e3108a3
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I've often noticed that people equate "having a sense of humour" with "being an insensitive moron.")"
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Sophie Kinsella |
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e81d626
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I can see the warmth. He's falling for me.
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Sophie Kinsella |