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Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
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Journalist
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London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
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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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Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door that hope that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices.
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My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.
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My life has changed, and I'm changing with it.
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I don't speak Japanese, I don't know anything about Japanese business or Japanese culture. Apart from sushi. But I can't exactly go up to him and say Sushi! out of the blue. It would be like going up to a top American businessman and saying, T-bone steak!
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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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Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.
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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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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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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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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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But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.
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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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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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If you can't be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?
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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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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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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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Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.
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