Quotes From "Confessions Of A Shopaholic" By Sophie Kinsella

Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it. Sophie Kinsella

They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail. Sophie Kinsella

A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn’t fit, you can’t exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags… Sophie Kinsella

Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand. Sophie Kinsella

They were even talking about buying a bodyguard, can you believe it? I mean, what on earth would I look like, turning up with a bodyguard? Actually, I'd look pretty cool and mysterious, wouldn't I? That might have been quite a good idea. Sophie Kinsella

As I stare at it, I can feel little invisible strings, silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Sophie Kinsella

There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears. Sophie Kinsella

Above all, staring at my old bedroom ceiling, I feel safe. Cocooned from the world; wrapped up in cotton wool. No one can get me here. No one even knows I'm here. I won't get any nasty letters and I won't get any nasty phone calls and I won't get any nasty visitors. It's like a sanctuary. I feel as if I'm fifteen again, with nothing to worry about but my Homework. (And I haven't even got any of that.) . Sophie Kinsella

Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable. Sophie Kinsella

Remember what I used to tel you when you were a little girl? ‘A fool and her money soon part.’ Current-day translation? Stop pissing away your assets at Bloomingdale’s. Sophie Kinsella

You look.. amazing! " And I have to say, I agree. I'm wearing all black - but expensive black. The kind of deep, soft black that you fall into. A simple sleeveless dress from Whistles, the highest of Jimmy Choos, a pair of stunning uncut amethyst earrings. And please don't ask how much it all cost, because that's irrelevant. This is investment shopping. The biggest investment of my life. I haven't eaten anything all day so I'm nice and thin and for once my hair has fallen perfectly into shape. I look.. well, I've never looked better in my life. But of course, looks are only part of the package, aren't they? . Sophie Kinsella