Top 300 Sophie Kinsella Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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

152. “My phone’s my life. I can’t exist without it. It’s a vital organ.”

— Sophie Kinsella

153. “You’re working for me cut out the attitude.”

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154. “I’ve never written a children’s book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, ‘Children’s books?’ Maybe it’s something about my face.”

— Sophie Kinsella

155. “Our whole family thrives under pressure. It’s like our family motto or something. Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous break down. But the rest of us.”

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156. “The more you engage with the outside world, the more you’ll be able to turn down the volume on those worries. You’ll see that they’re unfounded. You’ll see that the world is a very busy and varied place and most people have the attention span of a gnat. They’ve already forgotten what happened. They don’t think about it. There will have been five more sensations since your incident.”

— Sophie Kinsella

157. “Is your life ruined? Is it such a disaster for people to know the truth about you?”

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158. “People change. Life changes. It’s the way of the world. Maybe it’s meant to be.”

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159. “If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.”

— Sophie Kinsella

160. “I know this is our honeymoon. But just sometimes, I wish Luke was a girl.”

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161. “Look into your heart- and go after what you really want.”

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162. “People drive by in their colorful convertibles with the roof down, looking all relaxed and friendly, as if you might stroll up to them while they’re pausing at the light and start a conversation. It’s the opposite of Britain, where everyone’s in their own self-contained metal box, swearing at the rain.”

— Sophie Kinsella

163. “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.”

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164. “This is what’s so annoying about going out with Luke. You can’t get away with anything.”

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165. “Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos.”

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166. “Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?”

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167. “In fact, her whole demeanor is calmer. It’s creepy. It’s like she’s had Botox of the soul.”

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168. “For God’s sake. In movies, they fix the note to a dog’s collar and it trots off obediently, no nonsense.”

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169. “I’ve come to think of my lizard brain as basically a version of Felix. It’s totally random and makes no sense and you can’t let it run your life. If we let Felix run our lives, we’d all wear superhero costumes all day long and eat nothing but ice-cream. But if you try to fight Felix, all you get is wails and screams and tantrums, and it all gets more and more stressy. So the thing is to listen to him with half an ear and nod your head and then ignore him and do what you want to do. Same with the lizard brain.”

— Sophie Kinsella

170. “Even when you think you have lost yourself, love can still find you.”

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171. “Commuting in London is basically warfare. It’s a constant campaign of claiming territory; inching forward; never relaxing for a moment. Because if you do, someone will step past you. Or step on you.”

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172. “See how I stopped mid-sentence? I can do it too. When I don’t necessarily want to reveal the exact thought I’m having.”

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173. “My aunt grows special rhubarb in dark sheds. They keep it dark and warm all winter and harvest it by candlelight and it’s the best stuff. She sells it for a fortune, btw.”

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174. “You’re so narrow-minded! You live in the same village you grew up in, you run the family business, you’re buying a nursery down the road... you’re practically still in the womb. So before you lecture me on the way to live my life, try living one of your own, OK?”

— Sophie Kinsella

175. “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.”

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176. “You can’t even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels.”

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177. “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

178. “Because it’s human nature to hope for impossible things.”

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179. “They maintain this guilty, defiant refusal to engage: I know you’re out there; I know it’s awful and I’m safe inside, but I suffered too, so let me just read my Kindle without bloody guilt-tripping me, OK?”

— Sophie Kinsella

180. “Family bloody first.”

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181. “Every time you see someone’s bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too.”

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182. “Because the thing about letting people into your heart is, you can just push them out again. Easy.”

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183. “But that’s what happens in life. People find new friends and new sisters. It’s called natural selection.”

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184. “Every time you see someone’s bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, ‘Is this my life?’, remember: It’s not. Everyone’s got a bright-and-shiny, even if it’s hard to find sometimes.”

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185. “Everyone knows, the point of an interview is not to demonstrate who you are, but to pretend to be whatever sort of person they want for the job.”

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186. “It was in the forest. No one saw it or heard it. So did it actually happen?”

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187. “He’s lithe and tanned and taut. But to my eye he’s lost something. He has a synthetic quality, like orange soda instead of freshly squeezed juice. It’s orangey and bubbly and it quenches your thirst, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste. And it’s not good for you.”

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188. “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.”

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189. “We’re just looking and looking at each other. And I can feel something new between us, something even more intimate than anything we’ve done. Eye to eye. It’s the most powerful connection in the world.”

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190. “Why did he have to choose tonight to turn into the perfect husband?”

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191. “You shouldn’t go into a marriage feeling inferior in any way.”

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192. “You won’t let me buy any clothes. Now you won’t let me buy a road map, either! I need to spend some money or I’m going to go crazy!”

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193. “I think I’ve finally worked out how to feel good about life. Every time you see someone’s bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do.”

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194. “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.”

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195. “And the truth is, the country is very cool. It’s absolutely the new town.”

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196. “You can’t go back in time and do life a different way.”

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197. “Linus might come over. He might not. Either way is fine. Either way, his decision is about himself, not about you. You are not responsible for his feelings.”

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198. “But you’re also fragile. Imagine a mended china plate which hasn’t quite set.”

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199. “I can do this, I tell myself firmly. I can be attracted to him. It’s just a matter of self control and possibly also getting very drunk. So I lift my glass and take several huge gulps. I can feel the bubbles surging into my head, singing happily “I’m going to be a millionaire’s wife! I’m going to be a millionaire’s wife!” And when I look back at Tarquin, he already looks a bit more attractive. Alcohol is obviously going to be the key to our marital status.”

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200. “But I’ve had a lot of time to think about this, and if you ask me, most people underestimate eyes. For a start they’re powerful. They have range. You focus on someone thirty metres away, through a whole bunch of people, and they know you’re looking at them. What other bit of human anatomy can do that?”

— Sophie Kinsella