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You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the vi... SOPHIE KINSELLA Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho. SOPHIE KINSELLA L: You want me just to be your... friend? E: You want the truth? I think you're my guardi... SOPHIE KINSELLA The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead. SOPHIE KINSELLA I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no ... SOPHIE KINSELLA Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol ... 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 ... SOPHIE KINSELLA You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back ... you might as well wish the sky w... SOPHIE KINSELLA You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did. 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SOPHIE BECKMANN Smoking is hardest to give up because it's legal. I smoke because I'm addicted - nicotine should be ... SOPHIE ANDERTON Whether this is true of Kate I don't know. The drugs were the most important thing to me. SOPHIE ANDERTON I had a lot of friends that were extremely hedonistic, extremely debauched, swapping partners etc. S... SOPHIE ANDERTON Drugs are so accessible within the industry, and it is very difficult to steer completely clear of t... SOPHIE ANDERTON I'll miss my AA meetings SOPHIE ANDERTON It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. SOPHIE KINSELLA Anger was better than weeping. SOPHIE PAGE Repentance is accepted remorse. SOPHIE SWETCHINE The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And ... SOPHIE KINSELLA She was attempting to flirt with him, in hopes he’d put in a good word for her with Captain Alvare... SOPHIE DAVIS I am a big fan of cosy. I get very excited by a roaring fire and even a perfectly made cup of tea. A... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be j... SOPHIE KINSELLA He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I ad... SOPHIE JORDAN First and foremost, it's paramount for young child to learn how to swim, and the best place for ... SOPHIE PASCOE What I am interested in is the present time. SOPHIE MARCEAU I always wanted to be a 'Blue Peter' presenter when I grew up! SOPHIE ALDRED People see me as a person who can make them some money, which makes it hard to make real friends. I&... SOPHIE MONK Except that stopping mid-sentence is the worst thing people can do. It's, like, totally passive aggr... SOPHIE KINSELLA Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You d... SOPHIE KINSELLA When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't ... SOPHIE KINSELLA If I was really a bitch I’d make your life a living hell. Instead, I’ll just stand by and watch ... SOPHIE MONROE I was going to change my name to Sophie Windsor, but then I decided not to. I prefer to go into the ... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN My life has changed, and I'm changing with it. SOPHIE KINSELLA We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's g... SOPHIE KINSELLA Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. SOPHIE SWETCHINE I can't remember a time in my life where I haven't been aware of discrimination against women and th... SOPHIE BRION The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master. SOPHIE SWETCHINE Dans les jours d'après nous distribuerons tes soixante-dix-sept peluches, une par une ou deux par d... SOPHIE DAULL I respond, thoughts dropping away, like pebbles plopping one by one in water, sinking down, down int... SOPHIE JORDAN I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea ... SOPHIE OKONEDO I will be able to look back on my teen years as spent on a television set just having the biggest bu... SOPHIE TURNER Clearly I'm really attracted to parts where there's a dark, sinister feel about them! SOPHIE TURNER I'm very lucky. I have a really supportive husband in Henry, and there's my mum, too. I coul... SOPHIE KINSELLA When you look at cells that don't yet have a specific function – aren't differentiated, compared t... SOPHIE LELIèVRE My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas ... SOPHIE KINSELLA Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burt... SOPHIE TURNER