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Sophie Kinsella is a renowned British author, born on December 12, 1969. Her works are known for their humorous and light-hearted style, which has won the hearts of readers. Her most famous series includes 'Shopaholic' series.

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“Philosophy wasn't about facts, it was about ideas. My first essay title was something like: 'How can you know what other people are thinking?' I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing thing.' I really thought deeply for the first time.”

People Thinking Knows Firsts Ideas Philosophy Facts First Time Titles Wow Essays Amazing Things

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“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.”

Thinking Writing Real Would Be Mistake Worry Balance Personal Life Unreal Work Life Balance Life Balance Work And Life Balance Disarray

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.”

Thinking Should Facts Able Left Space Walks Metaphor Controlled You Choose Manhattan Grids Open Spaces

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the world, each on our own piece of fluff.”

Thinking World Sometimes Pieces Seeds Occasions Floating Allergic Dandelions Fluff Dandelion Seeds

Book:Twenties Girl

Source: Twenties Girl

“We're all confused, Samantha. We all need more time to think. That's life. Get over it.”

Thinking Needs Confused Over It More Time Get Over Time To Think Samantha

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“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.”

Thinking Men Want Firsts Believe Two Eye Running Fun I Believe First Time I Believe In Stomach Flirting Cocktails Fling Shiver Had Fun I Had Fun

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“she doesn’t really have a sense of humor. I think she’d like to have one—it’s just that she doesn’t quite understand what jokes are for.”

Thinking Jokes Sense Of Humor

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Easy What You Want Honestly Easy To Get Psycho

Book:Twenties Girl

Source: Twenties Girl

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Love I Can Faces Voice Lovers

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Home Old You Juncture

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“Sam doesn't hesitate for a minute. 'You say, "Mr and Mrs Tavish, you're making me feel inferior. Do you really think I'm inferior or is it just in my mind?”

Thinking Feels Mind Minutes Inferiors

Book:I've Got Your Number

Source: I've Got Your Number

“I mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?”

Thinking Mean Important Clothes Miracle New Life

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Happens Today Able Jobs White Heard Office Asking Good Things Globes Texting Consulting Hmm Office Jobs

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“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”

Ifs Thinking Way Mean Helping If I Could Poppies

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.”

Thinking Has Beens Could Have Been Unbearable

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“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.”

Thinking Giving Littles Said Facts Might Lasts Drug Red Addiction Friendly Last Time Bulls Drank Guidelines Older Sister Red Bull

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper’s come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don’t know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.”

Thinking Knows Feels Littles Bits Secret Ordinary Tiny Snow Excitement Dull Shops Village Globes Glitter Swiss Snowflake Harper

Book:Can You Keep a Secret?

Source: Can You Keep a Secret?

“And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.”

People Thinking Important

Book:The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic: (Shopaholic Book 1)

Source: The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic: (Shopaholic Book 1)

“I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.”

People Ifs Thinking Firsts Stills Might Happens First Love

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“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.”

People Thinking Knows Want Writing Looks Book Careers Like You Fairs Okay Down And Lit Chicks

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.”

Ifs Thinking Want Week Perspective Months Weekend Want Something Groceries

Author:Sophie Kinsella

About the Author

Born: December 12, 1969
Known for: Author
Quotes: 304

Books & Sources

The Party CrasherRelated source material

Confessions of a ShopaholicRelated source material

Love Your LifeRelated source material

The BurnoutRelated source material

Twenties GirlRelated source material

I've Got Your NumberRelated source material

Shopaholic & BabyRelated source material

Can You Keep a Secret?Related source material

Finding AudreyRelated source material

Shopaholic to the RescueRelated source material

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