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Sophie Kinsella

I Owe You One: A Novel

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  • mynnnhas quoted4 years ago
    The trouble with me is, I can’t let things go
  • Вероника Бондареваhas quoted5 years ago
    And now he’s back. The words are thudding through my head like a drumbeat—he’s back, he’s back—while I stand in Anna’s Accessories like a starstruck fourteen-year-old, frantically trying out hair clips. As though choosing exactly the right hair decoration will somehow magically make Ryan fall in love with me.
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    And as I survey the faces that I love so dearly, I feel a kind of contentment. So we’re not flash. So we’re not moneyed. So we don’t have all the answers or know exactly where we’re going. We’ll still be all right, our family. We’ll be all right.
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    I don’t take other women’s men, I just don’t. It’s the rule. It’s the sisterhood.
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    There’s only so long you can smile brightly at the man who has your heart but loves someone else. Already my mouth is starting to tremble.
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    “For what it’s worth, I think Drew’s a great guy,” I say. “But that’s kind of irrelevant. The point is if he’s the right guy. For you.”
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    I haven’t once winced or frowned or thought, He thinks what? So many guys seem great until you actually find out what’s inside their brain, whereupon you run for cover, panting, “Oh my God, lucky escape!” to yourself
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    “The rational part of my brain,” he says at last, “understands that everything is random. There are a million possibilities in the universe. Us meeting is just one of those possibilities, and just as meaningless.”
    He sounds so matter-of-fact, I feel my heart droop a little. But then he carries on, in the same tone:
    “The thing is, though, I can’t imagine a world that didn’t bring us together. We were meant to be.
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    “The law doesn’t always know what it’s doing,” he adds for good measure. “Humans have a far greater instinct for what’s right in life than lawyers do.”
  • .has quoted6 years ago
    The trouble is, I’m sorry doesn’t power anything. It drags you down.
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