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

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Husband disappeared? Order in your lover instead.

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Yes, Ermintrude.” I muster a smile. “Ermintrude the hamster.” The spotlight finally moves off me, and Dix Donahue comes to the end of his speech, and I look up to see Luke giving me a little wink as he approaches through the crowd. “I’ll get you a new hamster this Christmas, darling,” he says over the sound of applause. “We’ll fight the discrimination together. If you can be brave enough, so can I.

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Love is finding one person infinitely fascinating.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Because the thing about letting people into your heart is, you can just push them out again. Easy.

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But sometimes it’s hard to bear his disappointment at life as well as my own.

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I think your smile looks like an orange segment.

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

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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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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.

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Well, I don’t howl. Not quite. But I feel like howling.

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Yes!” I perk up. “Actually, I was wondering, do the mothers have lots of coffee mornings, parties, that kind of thing?” Erica shoots me an odd look. “I meant socialization of the children.” “Right.” I clear my throat. “The children. Of course.

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A break from what? Until that moment we’d been fine. So clearly what he needed a break from was the risk of hearing the word “marriage” again.

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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.

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Buy calmly and with meaning.

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People move on. Friendship end.

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You can Cut Back or you can Make More Money.

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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
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