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When I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card. (Sadie Lancaster - to Lara Lington)

Sophie Kinsella

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
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London
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Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
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Me too. I agree fervently. Every film should definitely have a message. Which is true. I mean... take the Lord of the Rings movies- they've got loads of messages. Like Don't lose your ring.
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Everyone keeps saying I’ll pick it up. But what if I don’t? I did algebra for three years, and I never picked that up.
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I mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?
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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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Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?
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Ciao, I say casually, and flick my hair back. Si. Ciao. I could so be Italian. Except I might have to learn a few more words.
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And we spend the rest of the evening getting very pissed and eating ice cream, as we always do when something good or bad happens to either one of us.
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If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.
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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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We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.
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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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This is a test, isn't it? It's like choosing out of three caskets in a fairy tale. Everyone knows the rules. You never choose the gold shiny one. Or even the quite impressive silver one. What you're supposed to do is choose the dull little lead one, and then there's a flash of light and it turns into a mountain of jewels
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There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.
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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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Still, that's the point of love you love someone despite their flaws.
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I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to do it anymore.
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I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term when I'm asked to describe what I do, I say I write romantic comedies, cause that's what I feel they are. But I'm quite pragmatic.
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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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Hi. Hi. I shrug, as though to say Whatever. In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. So. So. I can play this game too. Poppy. Poppy. I mean, Magnus. I scowl. He caught me out.
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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.
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