Sophie Kinsella Quotes

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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.”

“My voice is clotted with unshed tears.”

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

“Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.”

“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.”

“Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.”

“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)”

“We're all confused, Samantha. We all need more time to think. That's life. Get over it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“(I’ve often noticed that people equate “having a sense of humour” with “being an insensitive moron.”)”

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love.”

“you can always find something you want.”

“What is love? No one knows what love is, exactly. No one can define it. No one can prove it.”

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

“So do I. You.”

“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!”

“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.”

“You fall in and out of love, but when you really love someone… it's forever.”

“Knowing a person isn't like knowing a string of facts. It's more like… a feeling.”

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

“We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Carried away.
He got a little carried away.
This is like saying Hitler was a tad aggressive.”

“I'm sitting at the dinner table, wearing my future mother-in-law's underwear. It's like some twisted dream that you wake up and thinkL Crikey Moses! Thank God that didn't really happen!”

“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.”

“You won’t let me buy any clothes. Now you won’t let me buy a road map, either!
I need to spend some money or I’m going to go crazy!”

“I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.”

“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.”

“I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan”

“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?”

“Honestly, do these people have nothing better to do than engage in stupid mindless speculation about people they don't know?”

“Books are educational; so you can buy as many as you want." Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace”