Sophie Kinsella: Thing

“There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”

“Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail…”

“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.”

“The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life.”

“It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is.”

“The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.”

“Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.”

“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.”

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

“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.”