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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

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
Author
Journalist
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London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
Life
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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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I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face.
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You don't need to change one hair. One freckle. One little toe. And if its me thats made you feel you should do this..then there's something wrong with me. -Luke Brandon
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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.
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You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did.
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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.
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That's the trouble with having the whole world love you. One day, you wake up and it's flirting with your best friend instead. And you don't know what to do. You're thrown.
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I need good coffee! I say in horror. It's my only luxury! I can't live with my parents and drink bad coffee. It's not humanly possible. Becky talking about cutting back with her parents.
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Look into your heart- and go after what you really want.
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Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.
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I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out.
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