Top 300 Sophie Kinsella Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “She says screens are the cigarettes of our age. They’re toxic, and we’re only going to realize the damage they’re doing when it’s too late.”

— Sophie Kinsella

252. “You have no idea what Linus is thinking. It could be good, it could be bad. Most likely, it’s nothing at all. He’s a boy. You’d better get used to that.”

— Sophie Kinsella

253. “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

254. “But here’s the thing, if you’re responsible for someone’s money, you’ve got to be able to ask questions. Doesn’t matter if you sound stupid.”

— Sophie Kinsella

255. “People move on. Friendship end.”

— Sophie Kinsella

256. “Everyone should keep a dream journal, did you know that?”

— Sophie Kinsella

257. “She somehow understands that I have to know how Seb is, because I feel this strange, inextricable link to him. Which isn’t a relationship – God, of course not. We’re not even friends, really. It’s just... it’s a different kind of thing. A yearning. A tugging in my heart. A need to be with him and know that he’s OK. I mean, what would you call that?”

— Sophie Kinsella

258. “He feels like fun. He feels like cleverness and irreverence and wit and charm, all packaged up in a long, lean frame.”

— Sophie Kinsella

259. “I honestly feel as though I’ve run an obstacle course to get here. In fact, I think, they should list shopping as a cardiovascular activity. My heart never beats as fast as it does when I see a “reduced by 50 percent” sign.”

— Sophie Kinsella

260. “Every promotion requires you to do less of the thing you originally wanted to do.”

— Sophie Kinsella

261. “But at the same time, my resolve is hardening like lacquer. I’m taking time out, but I’m not giving up. I mean, I’m only in my twenties; am I going to let one setback crush my ambition? No.”

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262. “This family may be broken. It may be shattered. But it’s my broken, shattered family. And I want to be here, I finally admit to myself. To be at the party, even if I’m invisible. This is the last hurrah, even if no one’s cheering. I just can’t walk away.”

— Sophie Kinsella

263. “What if our children are all super-bright and I can’t understand what they’re saying and they look down on me because I haven’t got a PhD?”

— Sophie Kinsella

264. “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

265. “Maybe our family has changed shape. Maybe things aren’t exactly like they used to be. And maybe they’ll be even more different in the future. But whatever happens, we’ll still be us.”

— Sophie Kinsella

266. “Some things are private. I mean, we’re grown-ups now. You don’t share everything.”

— Sophie Kinsella

267. “Husband disappeared? Order in your lover instead.”

— Sophie Kinsella

268. “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

269. “It’s just, there’s something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say.”

— Sophie Kinsella

270. “Is that what he thinks? I mean, I know it’s the truth, but it shouldn’t be what he thinks. Husbands should think the best of their wives, as a matter of principle.”

— Sophie Kinsella

271. “The art of fiction is to present reality as though it’s unreality.” She addresses the whole room. “Be artful. Use disguises.”

— Sophie Kinsella

272. “Whatever the Grinch can steal, it’s not Christmas.”

— Sophie Kinsella

273. “Hi there, gang!”

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274. “I know exactly what Luke’s doing. He’s trying to push me and Suze together so we can make up. Which is really sweet of him. But I feel like a panda being told to mate with another panda that clearly doesn’t fancy me.”

— Sophie Kinsella

275. “You can’t hold on to things just because of the memories. Otherwise, no one would ever move house. Or country. Or chuck a crap boyfriend. Every crap boyfriend has at least one good memory attached to him. But you have to let them go. Otherwise, you’re all, ‘Oh, but there was that lovely time we walked in the autumn leaves.”

— Sophie Kinsella

276. “But life can’t be about holding on to the bad things. It has to be about grabbing on to good things and letting the bad things go.”

— Sophie Kinsella

277. “Silence is great. It’s peaceful. It’s something we all need, in this hectic modern life, silence.”

— Sophie Kinsella

278. “Small talk depletes creativity. Social media stifles thought. Even choosing an outfit every morning is needless effort. So, for one week, we will let all that nonsense go. We will engage instead with big talk. Character. Plot.”

— Sophie Kinsella

279. “There’s only so long you can smile brightly at the man who has your heart but loves someone else.”

— Sophie Kinsella

280. “We’ve all got to have some kind of failure in life, and I had mine early. I got back on my feet. I learned that failing doesn’t mean you are a failure; it just means you’re a human being.”

— Sophie Kinsella

281. “Family bloody first. I’m not saying Dad was wrong, I’ll never say that, but maybe I’m starting to see “family”differently. It’s not just the people you share genes with; it’s the people you share loyalty and friendship and respect with. It’s the people you love.”

— Sophie Kinsella

282. “The option I’d really like,” he says matter-of-factly, “is to build a life with you. A strong, put-together kind of life. I know you’re pretty good at assembly yourself, probably better than I am, in fact. So maybe it could be... a joint project?”

— Sophie Kinsella

283. “I’m allergic to everything contact.” “No you’re not,” he says at once. “You’re not allergic to brain contact. I mean you write notes. You talk. You still want to talk to people, you just can’t. So your body needs to catch up with your brain.”

— Sophie Kinsella

284. “She looked like a mean newsreader.” I put on an exaggerated TV voice. “Hello. This is the Mean News. You’re all rubbish and I despise you.”

— Sophie Kinsella

285. “All I can say is, she’s the one I think about.” Margaret pauses, and her voice softens as she reads. “All the time. She’s the voice I want to hear. She’s the face I hope to see.” My throat is full of lumps. I’m swallowing desperately, trying to keep my composure. He’s the one I think about. All the time. He’s the voice I want to hear. When my phone bleeps, I hope it’s him.”

— Sophie Kinsella

286. “I feel a blinding shaft of terror, which I tell myself to ignore, as my brain will often try to send me messages that are untrue and I do not have to listen to them. This is lesson one at St. John’s: your brain is an idiot.”

— Sophie Kinsella

287. “I think talking to other people can bring its own unhelpful baggage. Sometimes you just need to talk to an entity. The void. Your God.”

— Sophie Kinsella

288. “Life gets in the way of dreams. Dreams get in the way of life. That’s the way it’s always been.”

— Sophie Kinsella

289. “He’s hopeless,” sighs Suze. “You know, he can name about a hundred breeds of sheep but not one of Madonna’s husbands.”

— Sophie Kinsella

290. “Maybe sometimes in life you just miss your chance.”

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291. “He said that he and Mum had often talked about the kind of man I would marry, and they’d always disagreed on everything except one thing – “he’ll have to be on his toes.” Then he looked at Luke, who obligingly got up and turned a pirouette, and everyone roared with laughter.”

— Sophie Kinsella

292. “Some people are born into roles. Others have roles thrust upon them.”

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293. “I would go so far as to say I can’t seem to build the life I want without you. Nothing fits.”

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294. “I’ve never understood the “sleep on it” thing. What, have a miserable, sleepless night, brooding on your problem, simply in order to do the thing you were going to do the night before – only now you’ve delayed by twelve hours. How is that a good idea?”

— Sophie Kinsella

295. “You can’t fix something if you’re hiding from it.”

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296. “We need to love our hearts.”

— Sophie Kinsella

297. “Zoose! I started off at a sprint, giving it my all, thinking I was on a solid path toward an exciting horizon. But the path isn’t solid anymore. It’s mud. Deep, gloopy mud. I.”

— Sophie Kinsella

298. “For someone who looks after hearts, you can be careless. You know you broke mine, don’t you?”

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299. “I feel an irrational craving to gaze at his familiar face from this place of safety all night. But I can’t. And I’m being stupid, because this isn’t old Joe, whom I loved and understood. This is new Joe, who is cruel and inexplicable. They only look the same.”

— Sophie Kinsella

300. “Mrs Brandon.’ The sonographer cuts me off. ‘You’re talking to your bladder.”

— Sophie Kinsella