Sophie Kinsella People Quotations

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

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance

I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.

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

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

There's genuine pain in Eric's eyes. And I feel a stab of guilt. But you can't stay with people because of guilt.

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

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.

People who want to make a million borrow a million first

She believes in love and romance. She believes her life is one day going to be transformed into something wonderful and exciting. She has hopes and fears and worries, just like anyone. Sometimes she feels frightened. Sometimes she feels unloved. Sometimes she feels she will never gain approval from those people who are most important to her. But she’s brave and good-hearted and faces her life head-on.

It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.

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

So I buy it. The most perfect little cardigan in the world. People will call me the Girl in the Gray Cardigan. I’ll be able to live in it. Really, it’s an investment.

...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.

Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.

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)

But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.