Kinsella Quotes

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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be. ~ Sophie Kinsella

It wasn't until after college that I started writing. I had just applied randomly for jobs in the media and got one on a magazine called 'Pensions World.' So I was writing for a living there and that's when I started my first book. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait. ~ Sophie Kinsella

But the trouble with asking your subconscious what it wants is, it just laughs at you and says, 'Work it out for yourself, moron. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I don't believe in the afterlife. ~ W.P. Kinsella

Don't look back once, the entire time I'm talking to her. But I can feel his eyes on me all the time. Like sunshine. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an excuse.
(Mom - to Lara Lington) ~ Sophie Kinsella

Emma, your granddad's on the line," says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. "Something about the night bus and he'll never trust you again? ~ Sophie Kinsella

To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore, that states, and the aggression they necessarily employ, are unjustified. It's quite simple, really. It's an ethical view, so no surprise it confuses utilitarians. ~ Stephan Kinsella

Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP. ~ Sophie Kinsella

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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Should I tolerate it as normal male behaviour, like when he gets a cold and starts Googling nose cancer symptoms discharge nostrils? ~ Sophie Kinsella

How many divorces are caused by the word nothing? I think this would be a very interesting statistic. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I have to absorb the new season like sunlight, letting it turn my winter skin pink and then brown. I must stuff myself with lore and statistics until my fingers ooze balm. ~ W.P. Kinsella

It hasn't snowed like this for years. Real, proper snow. Dickensian snow, ~ Sophie Kinsella

But I'm sick of this bloody jagged graph. You know, two steps up, one step down. It's so painful. It's so slow. It's like this endless game of snakes and ladders." And Mum just looked at me as if she wanted to laugh or maybe cry, and said, "But Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life. ~ Sophie Kinsella

In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I know this is our honeymoon. But just sometimes, I wish Luke was a girl. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Jeez Louise. I know why rich people are so thin: it's from trekking around their humongous houses the whole time. ~ Sophie Kinsella

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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

But sometimes you have to be brave. Sometimes you have to show people what's important in life. ~ Sophie Kinsella

What causes all this?"

"Pride. What else? ~ W.P. Kinsella

W. P. Kinsella, who was born on a farm near Edmunton, Alberta, has earned wide recognition for his wild imagination and rash humor as a writer. ~ Gerald Vizenor

That girl is going to go far. I have no idea in which direction- but she'll go far ~ Sophie Kinsella

Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be? ~ Sophie Kinsella

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them. ~ 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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is the essence of market cooperation. ~ Stephan Kinsella

I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star ... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out. ~ Sophie Kinsella

The parents are in charge of all the stuff like technology in the house and time on screens and hours on social media, but then their computer goes wrong and they're like a baby, going, "What happened to my document?" "I can't get Facebook." "How do I load a picture? Double-click what? What does that mean?" And we have to sort it out for them. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I can see the warmth. He's falling for me. ~ Sophie Kinsella

You looked like you wanted to jump his bones right there!"
"Jump his bones?" Sadie frowns. "What do you mean?"
... "It's like a pajama party. Except you take off your pajamas."
"Oh that." Her face clicks with recognition. You call it 'jumping his bones'?"
"Sometimes." I shrug.
"What an odd phrase. We used to call it sex."
"Oh." I say, discomfited. "Well we do too-"
"Or barney-mugging," she adds. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. ~ Sophie Kinsella

What's the point of you? Try this, for starters. And underneath there's a long list. He's written a long, long list, that fills the page. I'm so flustered, I can't even read it properly, but as I scan down I catch beautiful smile and great taste in music (I sneaked a look at your iPod) and awesome Starbucks name. I give a sudden snort of laughter that almost turns to a sob and then turns to a smile, and then suddenly I'm wiping my eyes. I'm all over the place. ~ Sophie Kinsella

My voice is clotted with unshed tears. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Shopping with friends is a great way of still enjoying the thrill of the chase without having to make a purchase. It can also be a real bonding opportunity. Helping your friend find something nice is just as rewarding as helping yourself. ~ Sophie Kinsella

He told me it was love at first sight!" shoots back Annalise. "How do you explain that? He told me you were instantly attracted to each other and he wanted to ravish you right there on the couch. He said he'd never known anything so sexy as you in your uniform."
I'm going to shoot Magnus. What did he have to say that for? ~ Sophie Kinsella

Oh, my God, you smiled! Mr. American Frown actually smiled!"
"Must have been a mistake. I'll speak to someone about it. Won't happen again."
"Well, good. Because you could do your face and injury, just smiling like that. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Books are educational; so you can buy as many as you want. Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace ~ Sophie Kinsella

But that's what happens in life. People find new friends and new sisters. It's called natural selection. ~ Sophie Kinsella

How are you going to forget him if you keep talking about him? Darling, when things go wrong in life, this is what you do. You lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail ... and out you go. ~ Sophie Kinsella

But nothing changes if nothing changes. I saw that slogan on a T-shirt the other day, and it really resonated. I've changed. My horizons have shifted, And if I want to keep growing and changing, I need to challenge myself. ~ Sophie Kinsella

It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Mind your own Brazilian! The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them. Oops.
OK. The trick when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is to pretend nothing happened. ~ Sophie Kinsella

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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

It's amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words "organic," "authentic," and "Gweneth Paltrow. ~ Sophie Kinsella

L: You want me just to be your ... friend?
E: You want the truth? I think you're my guardian angel.
L: What?
E: Do you know what it's like to have someone crash into your life with no warning? When you landed in my office, I was like, Who the fuck is this? But you shook me up. You brought me back to life at a time when I was in limbo. You were just what I needed ...
You're just what I need.
L: Well I need you too. So we're even.
E: No, you don't need me. You're doing just fine.
L: Ok. Maybe I don't need you. But ... I want you. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I'm not quite sure if he's talking to me or to himself, but every word he says feels like a drop of Wise Potion. I want to hear more. I want him to tell me all the answers to life. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs, for fifty years, but if someone asked my occupation, I'd say writer, even if I'd never sold a word. Writers write. Other people talk. ~ W.P. Kinsella

The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.
It's for their own good. ~ Sophie Kinsella

She was the most beautiful thing you ever saw. She was radiant. And she was wearing this necklace ... When you see the necklace in the painting, it all makes sense. He loved her. Even if she lived to one hundred and five without ever getting an answer. ~ Sophie Kinsella

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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way. ~ Sophie Kinsella

So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home. ~ W.P. Kinsella

There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears. ~ Sophie Kinsella

It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be ...
Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight.
I'm old. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Except ... I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to face him, I don't make a sound. I don't need to. We're still talking. Every touch he makes, every imprint of his skin is like another word, another thought, a continuation of our conversation. And we're not done yet. Not yet. ~ Sophie Kinsella

For God's sake. In movies, they fix the note to a dog's collar and it trots off obediently, no nonsense. ~ Sophie Kinsella

But what can you do about mistakes except think, Won't do that again, and move forward? ~ Sophie Kinsella

Something tells me organizing a protest against your husband's client has got to be even worse than selling his Tiffany clocks. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Six minutes isn't sex," I hear him
saying as my eyes crash shut. "Six
minutes is a boiled egg. ~ Sophie Kinsella

One thing: I can damn well wear lipstick. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I'm blushing at my own stupid, nonsensical, meaningless thought process, which, by the way, nobody knows about except me. ~ Sophie Kinsella

He said when you use your brain, no-one comes near you for ingenuity ~ Sophie Kinsella

And anyway," I continue, lifting my head nobly, "who-ever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help them in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? ~ Sophie Kinsella

If you look good, you feel good ~ Sophie Kinsella

You look ... amazing!
And I have to say, I agree. I'm wearing all black - but expensive black. The kind of deep, soft black that you fall into. A simple sleeveless dress from Whistles, the highest of Jimmy Choos, a pair of stunning uncut amethyst earrings. And please don't ask how much it all cost, because that's irrelevant. This is investment shopping. The biggest investment of my life.
I haven't eaten anything all day so I'm nice and thin and for once my hair has fallen perfectly into shape. I look ... well, I've never looked better in my life.
But of course, looks are only part of the package, aren't they? ~ Sophie Kinsella

You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back ... you might as well wish the sky were red. ~ Sophie Kinsella

The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner). ~ Stephan Kinsella

We must recognize that only scarce resources are ownable; second, that the body is a type of scarce resource; third, that the mode of acquiring title to external objects is different from the basis of ownership of one's own body. ~ Stephan Kinsella

The trouble is, I'm sorry doesn't power anything. It drags you down. ~ Sophie Kinsella

You sound like Darth Vader," I say bluntly. Elinor doesn't even flinch. "So be it," she says, and sips her water. That is totally a Darth Vader thing to say. Next she'll be ordering the destruction of a thousand innocent Jedi younglings. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Whoever started the rumor that life has to be perfect is a very wicked person, if you ask me. ~ Sophie Kinsella

If I ran the country there'd be courses in things that you'd actually use your whole life. Like: How to do eyeliner. How to fill in a tax return. What to do when your loo blocks and your dad isn't answering the phone and you're about to have a party. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I think, if Demeter had to put her religion down on a form, she'd put Organic. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws. ~ Sophie Kinsella

The trouble is, depression doesn't come with handy symptoms like spots and a temperature, so you don't realize it at first. You keep saying "I'm fine" to people when you're not fine. You think you SHOULD be fine. You keep saying to yourself: "Why aren't I fine? ~ Sophie Kinsella

These academic guys have to feel important. They give papers and present TV programs to show they're useful and valuable. But you do useful, valuable work every day. You don't need to prove anything. How many people have you treated? Hundreds. You've reduced their pain. You've made hundreds of people happier. Has Antony Tavish made anyone happier? I'm sure there's something wrong ~ Sophie Kinsella

What would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Don't think about it. Don't think about what could have been. It's too unbearable. ~ Sophie Kinsella

You know what Hans told me last week?" she says as I open the door of my fitting room. "He told me to write down a list of everything I wanted to say about that women-and then tear it up. He said I'd feel a sense of freedom."
"Oh right," I say interestedly. "So what happened?"
"I wrote it all down," says Laurel. "And then I mailed it to her! ~ Sophie Kinsella

I wonder if Luke would take a hit of tomato ketchup for me. I might ask him later. Just casually. ~ 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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

His skin is so hard and rough, it's like shaking a piece of tree bark. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next! ~ Sophie Kinsella

You'd never get tired of a pony. It's a classic. It's, like, the Chanel jacket of toys. ~ Sophie Kinsella

The atmosphere in the admin department also seemed very false. My suspicions were aroused when two employees spontaneously started singing the Panther Corporation song. I didn't even know there was a Panther Corporation song. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I can't believe how much damage has been done, just from teenage loves meeting again. People should never come into contact with their first loves, I decide. There should be some official form of quarantine. The rule should be: you break up with your teenage lover and that's it. One of you has to emigrate. ~ 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. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I'm not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you. ~ W.P. Kinsella

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again.
(Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie) ~ Sophie Kinsella

I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them. ~ Sophie Kinsella

Why didn't I buy a new phone earlier? Why don't I always walk around with a spare phone? It should be the law, like having a spare tire. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I've heard that sometimes farmers out in the field ... hear voices ... ~ Ray Kinsella

In business, if you want to make money, you have to spend money. If you want to have a result, you have to make an investment. ~ Sophie Kinsella

I also know that standing up for yourself can be hard. But you have to do it.
Sam Roxton ~ Sophie Kinsella