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So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now.

So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now.

Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern

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Sophie Kinsella
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Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1969 to 2025; Wikidata Q235014, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235014 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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