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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
Novelist
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London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
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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.
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I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.
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There are some things I don't understand about Jess and never will. No wedding dress. No flowers. No photo album. No champagne. The only thing she got out of her wedding was a husband. (I mean, obviously the husband is the main point when you get married. Absolutely. That goes without saying. But still, not even a new pair of shoes?)
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I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.
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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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Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.
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I'll have to admit, he really does have quite a smile.Kind of heart-stopping, especially as it comes out of nowhere. I mean... you know. If your heart was in the kind of place to be stopped.
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Maybe my identity's been stolen. Or maybe I was sleep-shopping!
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I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.
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If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.
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I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list.
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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)
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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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...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.
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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'.
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I had fun. That’s what I believe in. Fun, flings, the sizzle. It starts as a shiver, when you see a man for the first time. And then he meets your eye and the shiver runs down your back and becomes a sizzle in your stomach and you think 'I want to dance with that man.' You dance, you have a cocktail or two, you flirt.
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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.
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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!
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The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.
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Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just said, like in a courtroom.
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