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My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.


Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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SOPHIE KINSELLA I often wonder what she's thinking," says Ed, still gazing up at her. "That's quite an intriguing ex...
SOPHIE KINSELLA If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. H...
SOPHIE KINSELLA I had fun. That’s what I believe in. Fun, flings, the sizzle. It starts as a shiver, when you see ...
SOPHIE KINSELLA ...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.
SOPHIE KINSELLA Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love.
SOPHIE KINSELLA She was the most beautiful thing you ever saw. She was radiant. And she was wearing this necklace......
SOPHIE KINSELLA I can see the warmth. He's falling for me.
SOPHIE KINSELLA Life takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and ...
SOPHIE KINSELLA The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.
It’s for their o...
SOPHIE KINSELLA I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something ...
SOPHIE KINSELLA Life is like an escalator. 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.
SOPHIE KINSELLA No human on God's earth is a nobody.
SOPHIE KINSELLA It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hop...
SOPHIE KINSELLA Watching and learning from Mama and the other women in my family gave me a deep love for home and he...
SOPHIE HUDSON It's unclear who moves first. We're in each other's arms, lips locked, melded, hotly fused. Our hand...
SOPHIE JORDAN Sudden conviction races through me, almost terrifying in its total certainty. I can't give him up. H...
SOPHIE JORDAN We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people...
SOPHIE KINSELLA Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me...
SOPHIE JORDAN There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.
SOPHIE KINSELLA Co-signing a car loan may be okay if you think your child is trustworthy and that's the only way the...
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 Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually...
SOPHIE HANNAH Repentance is accepted remorse.
SOPHIE SWETCHINE Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportu...
SOPHIE HANNAH 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 All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My...
SOPHIE HANNAH 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