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01c. 1997 AD

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!

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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02c. 1997 AD

Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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03c. 1997 AD

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.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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04c. 1997 AD

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.

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05c. 1997 AD

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.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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06c. 1997 AD

A real relationship is two-way.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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07c. 1997 AD

It’s the way he had a cup of tea waiting for me when I woke up. It’s the way he turned on his laptop especially for me to look up all my Internet horoscopes and helped me choose the best one. He knows all the crappy, embarrassing bits about me that I normally try to hide from any man for as long as possible… and he loves me anyway.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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08c. 1997 AD

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

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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09c. 1997 AD

Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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10c. 1997 AD

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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11c. 1997 AD

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.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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12c. 1997 AD

In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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13c. 1997 AD

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

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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14c. 1997 AD

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.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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15c. 1997 AD

If you can't be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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16c. 1997 AD

I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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17c. 1997 AD

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'.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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18c. 1997 AD

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ...

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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19c. 1997 AD

Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury.

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20c. 1997 AD

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.

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21c. 1997 AD

But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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22c. 1997 AD

They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail.

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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23c. 1997 AD

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…

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24c. 1997 AD

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

Sophie Kinsella / quote

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