I´m going to make my life work for me. I´m not going to let it whirl round like a kaleidoscope anymore. It´s my life, wich means wrestling i to the floor and bashing it on...

London is one of the most fascinating, historic, amazing cities in the world!

It’s not enough to believe! Don’t you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it’s only ever a question, never an...

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it’s not, and I need to do it again.(Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

No wife wants to hear that her husband is less than perfect.

Of all the crap, crap, crappy nights I’ve ever had in the whole of my crap life. On a scale of one to 10, we’re talking…a minus 6. And it’s not like I even have...

There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.

We’re on this planet for too short a time. And at the end of the day, what’s more important? Knowing that a few meaningless figures balanced—or knowing that you were the person you wanted to...

Il reparto pediatrico è in una grande clinica privata che si chiama St John e che paghiamo grazie all’assicurazione del papà. Ci ho passato sei settimane quando i miei genitori si sono resi conto che...

Never tell a man all about yourself, it’s bound to lead to trouble.

A real relationship is two-way.

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.

I know friends should be supportive of each other’s life decisions and all that.

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.

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?...

Don’t beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don’t always have to know who you are. You don’t have to have the big picture, or know where you’re heading. Sometimes, it’s enough just...

Mi pare di aver capito una cosa, e cioè che la vita è questo, salire e poi scivolare più giù, e ricominciare a salire. Le scivolate non contano. L’importante è che il percorso nel suo...

Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There’s always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief – that this is going to be the shop of all shops,...

It’s like I’m thirteen again and he’s my crush. All I’m aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he’s doing, who he’s talking to.

In business, if you want to make money, you have to spend money. If you want to have a result, you have to make an investment.

You don’t just get over it. And it doesn’t make any difference if you’re supposedly a grown-up. It never goes away.

There’s no such thing as ruining yourlife. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

The streak of bleach in my hair is as obvious as ever. Am I really going out in public like this? I push my hair backward and forward a few times – but I can’t...

Okay. Now my skin is really prickling. I’ve read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don’t remember any half-blood prince.”What’s this?” Trying to sound casual, I point at the ad, “What’s...

Six minutes is a boiled egg.

she is the only woman I’ve ever known who could make a man call.Ever

Still, that’s the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.

Everyone’s moving on without me, into a world I don’t understand.

Mum always says the right thing. She always makes everything better.

In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.

A relationship is a game of chess.

Yes, contractions can be intense,’ Noura continues. ‘But your bodies are designed to handle it. And what you must remember is, it’s a positive pain. I’m sure you’ll both agree?’ She looks over at Mum...

I can never resist telling people good news. I mean, why not brighten someone else’s life too?

If your life’s at a juncture and you need to think about things, there’s nowhere better than home. However old you are.

If you can’t be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?

Why aren’t I fine?

Becky –” he begins, and there’s a tiny intake of breath around the churchyard. “Will you–” “Yes! Yeee-esssss!” I hear the joyful sound ripping through the churchyard before I even realize I’ve opened my mouth....

Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail…

You can want and want and want, but if he doesn’t want you back … you might as well wish the sky were red.

When the dog bites, when the bee stings… I simply remember I have a boyfriend and suddenly things don’t seem quite so completely shit.

We’re all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who’ll never be impressed.

Oh God, I’m miss­ing the gene which makes you grow up and buy a flat in Streatham and start visiting Homebase every weekend. Everyone’s moving on without me, into a world I don’t understand.

It’s the way he had a cup of tea waiting for me when I woke up. It’s the way he turned on his laptop especially for me to look up all my Internet horoscopes and...

I’d laugh, only my stupid lizard brain has disabled the laugh button for now. I’m too frozen up with tension.I am owed so much laughter. Sometimes I hope I’m building up a stockpile of missing...

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...

If I’ve learned one lesson from all that’s happened to me, it’s that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a...

…you may be able to sway people’s heads. But you can’t sway their hearts.

I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper’s come and shaken...

Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don’t give up on true love.

Mothers are multi-taskers.