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Life takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and embrace them. (Lara Lington - to Sadie Lancaster)

Sophie Kinsella

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
Takes
Sadie
Path
Evaluate
Different
Paths
Life
Judge
Embrace
Merely
Judging
Lara
Respect
Lancaster

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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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Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? - Poppy Wyatt
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We’re on this planet for too short a time. And at the end of the day, what’s more important? Knowing that a few meaningless figures balanced—or knowing that you were the person you wanted to be?
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This is what's so annoying about going out with Luke. You can't get away with anything.
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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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I’m blushing at my own stupid, nonsensical, meaningless thought process, which, by the way, nobody knows about except me.
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Everyone knows the first rule of business is Look good during confrontations. Or if it isn't, it should be.
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And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.
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Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.
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Just because of that one disastrous blind date she had last year, where the guy turned out to be fifty-nine, not thirty-nine (He claimed it was a typo. Yeah, I’m sure his finger just happened to slip two spaces to the left).
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You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back ... you might as well wish the sky were red.
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I once tried to give him a friendly little drugs chat. He politely corrected me on every single fact, then said he'd noticed I drank above the recommended guidelines of Red Bull and did I think I might have an addiction? That was the last time I tried to act like the older sister.
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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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To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What Im writing is real.
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I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, 'Oh, that's chick-lit.' You say, 'Okay.' But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand.
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Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?
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I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby
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I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.
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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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It's a GIRL. It's a little girl, with scrunched-up petal lips and a tuft of dark hair and hands in tiny fits, up by her ears. All that time, that's who was in there. And it's weird, but the minute I saw her I just thought: IT'S YOU. Of course it is.
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