“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.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Because it’s human nature to hope for impossible things.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“This is the trouble with meeting people in real life: They don’t come with profiles attached.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“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.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“I had a choice: Follow my heart or don’t break his. I think in the end I broke a bit of both our hearts.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Whoever started the rumor that life has to be perfect is a very wicked person, if you ask me.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Take your future into your own hands. Make it happen. Life is a coloring book, but you have the pens.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Have you ever shaken up a compass and seen the arrow whirling around, trying to find a place to settle?” says Alex abruptly. “Well, that’s my brain. It’s all over the place.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“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.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“It’s funny how life works like a seesaw: Some things go up while others plunge down.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Stuff that balances out the bright and shiny, just like there is for all of us. Bright and shiny on the one side, the crappy truth on the other. I think I've finally figured 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! 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.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Bloody heads and hearts, never match up, do they?”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Then, on impulse, I scroll back through my previous Instagram posts, looking at the photos of London cafes, sights, drinks, and smiling faces (mostly strangers). The whole thing is like a feel-good movie, and what's wrong with that? Loads of people use colored filters or whatever on Instagram. Well, my filter is the “this is how I'd like it to be” filter. It's not that I lie. I was in those places, even if I couldn't afford a hot chocolate. It's just I don't dwell on any of the not-so-great stuff in my life, like the commute or the prices or having to keep all my stuff in a hammock. Let alone vanilla-whey-coated eggs and abnoxious lechy flatmates. And the point is, it's something to aspire to, something to hope for. One day my life will match my Instagram posts. One day.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“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, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Have you ever shaken up a compass and see the arrow whirling around, trying to find a place to settle? Well, that's my brain. It's all over the place.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“I had a choice: Follow my heart or don’t break his. I think in the end I broke a bit of both our hearts. Which”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“It's amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words “organic,” “authentic,” and “Gweneth Paltrow.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“And the truth is, the country is very cool. It’s absolutely the new town.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“It’s amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words “organic,” “authentic,” and “Gwyneth Paltrow.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“no one seems to socialize at all. Unless you count working late as “socializing.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“And the point is, it’s something to aspire to, something to hope for. One day my life will match my Instagram posts. One day!”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“I think, if Demeter had to put her religion down on a form, she’d put Organic.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“She has amazing eyebrows. Some people are just granted amazing eyebrows, and she’s one of them.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“So why do they hope ?' I can't help asking.
'Because it's human nature to hope for impossible things.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“That girl is going to go far. I have no idea in which direction- but she'll go far”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“Sometimes I worry my ideas might dry up', he says, an odd tone to his voice. 'I'm not sure who I'd be without them. Sometimes I think I'm really just an empty vessel floating about, downloading ideas and not much else.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“I still remember Mum. Kind of. I have dim splashes of memory like an unfinished watercolor.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
“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. And every time you see tour own crappy truth and feel despair and think: Is this my life...? You should remember: it's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from My Not So Perfect Life
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“common soldier must fear his officer more than the enemy’: Frederick the Great)”
― John Keegan, quote from The Face Of Battle: A Study Of Agincourt, Waterloo And The Somme
“it’s about doing the job you’ve trained your ass off to be good at, taking care of the guys to your left and right, and coming out the other side with all your fingers and toes.”
― Tom Clancy, quote from Dead or Alive
“Je ne me fîerai point à des propos si doux,
Qu'un peu de ses faveurs, après quoi je soupire.
Ne vienne m'assurer tout ce qu'ils m'ont pu dire.”
― Molière, quote from Tartuffe
“What an advantage that knowledge can be stored in books! The knowledge lies there like hermetically sealed provisions waiting for the day when you may need a meal. Surely what the Collector was doing as he pored over his military manuals, was proving the superiority of the European way of doing things, of European culture itself. This was a culture so flexible that whatever he needed was there in a book at his elbow. An ordinary sort of man, he could, with the help of an oil-lamp, turn himself into a great military engineer, a bishop, an explorer or a General overnight, if the fancy took him. As the Collector pored over his manuals, from time to time rubbing his tired eyes, he knew that he was using science and progress to help him out of his difficulties and he was pleased. The inventions on his desk, the carriage which supplied its own track and the effervescent drinking vessel, watched him in silent admiration as he worked. The”
― J.G. Farrell, quote from The Siege of Krishnapur
“Scoot over.” “Where would you suggest I ‘scoot’?” Eliza asked. “You can sit on Hamilton’s lap,” Agatha said. Eliza didn’t have a chance to protest. Hamilton sent her a grin, and the next thing she knew, she was snuggled on his lap, his hand resting on her waist. She felt her cheeks flame and looked around for a distraction. “Why do you have that coat tied around you?” Agatha plopped down on the seat and rolled her eyes. “My pants split all the way down the back when I tried to tackle Eugene.” “They were quite delightful pants while they were still intact,” Zayne remarked cheerfully as he squeezed his lanky frame into the carriage and nodded to Agatha. “Scoot over.” “There’s no room,” Agatha said, “and you shouldn’t have been noticing my pants.” Zayne took Agatha’s hand, pulled her to her feet, took her spot on the seat, and pulled her into his lap. “This is cozy,” he remarked to no one in particular.”
― Jen Turano, quote from A Change of Fortune
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