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

Sophie Kinsella

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
Guilt
Drive
Stay
People

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...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.
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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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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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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.
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There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.
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Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?
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A party like this isn't about the surprise factor. It's about someone going to so much trouble that it just... overwhelms you.
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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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you can always find something you want.
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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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