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ff6d9a4
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Don't think about it. Don't think about what could have been. It's too unbearable.
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humor
life
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Sophie Kinsella |
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ac5b45f
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When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know what I saw when I read yours? - Sam No. And I don't want to know. - Poppy I saw a girl who races to help others but doesn't help herself. And right now you need to help yourself. No one should walk up the aisle feeling inferior or in a different league or trying to be something they're not. - Sam
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yourself
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Sophie Kinsella |
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d3a79e3
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I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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d6ece7e
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Emma, I'm sorry, I can't help you. This is a disaster. You're completely vulnerable. It's like going into battle in a nightie.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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f895e7b
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Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an excuse. (Mom - to Lara Lington)
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0213e25
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I hurl the glass teapot to the ground. we both stare at it, stunned. "it was supposed to break," I explain after a pause, " and that was going to signify that yes, I would throw something away . If I knew it wasn't right for me."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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13f3f0e
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So do I. You.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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87d4f9b
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I'm never going to believe a Poirot mystery again. Never. All those witnesses going, "Yes, I remember it was 3:06 p.m. exactly, because I glanced at the clock as I reached for the sugar tongs, and Lady Favisham was quite clearly sitting on the right-hand side of the fireplace." Bollocks. They have no idea where Lady Favisham was, they just don't want to admit it in front of Poirot. I'm amazed he gets anywhere."
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humor
poirot
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Sophie Kinsella |
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dcb11be
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It's his mother's birthday? But he didn't tell me. I don't have a card. I don't have a gift. How could he do this to me? Men are crap.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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335dc35
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Except that stopping midsentence is the worst thing people can do. It's like, totally passive-aggressive, because you can't take issue with anything they've said. You have to take issue with what you think they were going to say. Which then they deny.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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cc6bd7c
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She was the most beautiful thing you ever saw. She was radiant. And she was wearing this necklace... When you see the necklace in the painting, it all makes sense. He loved her. Even if she lived to one hundred and five without ever getting an answer.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a181c42
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That's the way it goes. Some things happen and some things don't. This one is obviously just wasn't meant to be. Except deep down... I still believe it was.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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b42e63a
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And is the moment where I went wrong. This is the gut-churning, if-only instant. If I could go back in time, that's the moment I would march up to myself and say severely, "Poppy, ." But you don't realize, do you? The moment happens, and you make your crucial mistake, and then it's gone and the chance to do anything about it is blown away."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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56d52c1
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Relationships are a battle. They are a chess game. And what did I do? I just threw all my chess pieces down on the board at once, and said, "Here! Have them all!"
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a665664
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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
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Sophie Kinsella |
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594bfdf
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Carried away. He got a little carried away. This is like saying Hitler was a tad aggressive.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0f0d295
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What is love? No one knows what love is, exactly. No one can define it. No one can prove it.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0d156a6
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Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love.
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true-love
heartbreak
heart
love
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Sophie Kinsella |
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9fd9660
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That moment. That instant when your fingers curl round the handles of a shiny, uncreased bag--and all the gorgeous new things inside it become yours. What's it like? It's like going hungry for days, then cramming your mouth full of warm buttered toast. It's like waking up and realizing it's the weekend. It's like the better moments of sex. Everything else is blocked out of your mind. It's pure, selfish pleasure.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0b5316c
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you can always find something you want.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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e2a185d
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I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper's come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don't know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.
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metaphor
love
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Sophie Kinsella |
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69cc318
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Me too." I agree fervently. "Every film should definitely have a message." Which is true. I mean... take the Lord of the Rings movies- they've got loads of messages. Like "Don't lose your ring." --
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Sophie Kinsella |
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b50e2a3
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We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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4afcb49
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Sam doesn't hesitate for a minute. 'You say, "Mr and Mrs Tavish, you're making me feel inferior. Do you really think I'm inferior or is it just in my mind?"
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sam
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0efecc3
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You fall in and out of love, but when you really love someone...it's forever.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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3b96bf2
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Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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406d8ca
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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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df0f8be
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I now know exactly why they started the tradition of being apart the night before your wedding. It's nothing about romance, or sex, or being chaste, or whatever. It's so you don't have a row and stomp up the aisle seething at your bridegroom, planning all the home truths you're going to tell him as soon as you get this wedding bit out of the way.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c83918a
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Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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17667f3
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I had fun. That's what I believe in. Fun, flings, the sizzle. It starts as a shiver, when you see a man for the first time. And then he meets your eye and the shiver runs down your back and becomes a sizzle in your stomach and you think 'I want to dance with that man.' You dance, you have a cocktail or two, you flirt.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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946045f
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So", says Jack at at last..."you broke up with Connor". Wow. So we're straight to the point. "So", I reply defiantly. "You decided to stay". "Yes, well...", "I thought I might take a closer look at some of the European subsidiaries." He looks up. "How about you?" "Same reason." I nod. "European subsidiaries"."
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humor
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Sophie Kinsella |
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f600145
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Emma, your granddad's on the line," says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. "Something about the night bus and he'll never trust you again?"
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Sophie Kinsella |
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f148923
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Mummy always told me, you should never let a man see your feelings or the contents of your handbag.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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7e4fdaf
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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.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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a8adb14
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This is the trouble with meeting people in real life: They don't come with profiles attached.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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91e7a83
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I've confromted enough assholes in my time. They never realize they're assholes. Not once. Whatever you say.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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2b8315b
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Honestly, do these people have nothing better to do than engage in stupid mindless speculation about people they don't know?
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Sophie Kinsella |
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850d1fd
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Why didn't I buy a new phone earlier? Why don't I always walk around with a spare phone? It should be the law, like having a spare tire.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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7a8e5e4
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Every time I mention her, Magnus says, "Are you two getting along?" in raised, hopeful tones, like we're endangered pandas who need to make a baby."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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450ecb7
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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.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c5d0191
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I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan
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Sophie Kinsella |
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3b957ae
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I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c7204d7
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Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble.
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man
secret
trouble
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Sophie Kinsella |
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db5dac8
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If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.
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Sophie Kinsella |