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SOPHIE JORDAN Sudden conviction races through me, almost terrifying in its total certainty. I can't give him up. H... SOPHIE JORDAN We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people... SOPHIE KINSELLA Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me... SOPHIE JORDAN There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out. SOPHIE KINSELLA Co-signing a car loan may be okay if you think your child is trustworthy and that's the only way the... SOPHIE BECKMANN Smoking is hardest to give up because it's legal. I smoke because I'm addicted - nicotine should be ... SOPHIE ANDERTON Whether this is true of Kate I don't know. The drugs were the most important thing to me. SOPHIE ANDERTON I had a lot of friends that were extremely hedonistic, extremely debauched, swapping partners etc. S... SOPHIE ANDERTON Drugs are so accessible within the industry, and it is very difficult to steer completely clear of t... SOPHIE ANDERTON I'll miss my AA meetings SOPHIE ANDERTON It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. SOPHIE KINSELLA Anger was better than weeping. SOPHIE PAGE Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually... SOPHIE HANNAH Repentance is accepted remorse. SOPHIE SWETCHINE Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportu... SOPHIE HANNAH The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And ... SOPHIE KINSELLA She was attempting to flirt with him, in hopes he’d put in a good word for her with Captain Alvare... SOPHIE DAVIS I am a big fan of cosy. I get very excited by a roaring fire and even a perfectly made cup of tea. A... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My... SOPHIE HANNAH I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be j... SOPHIE KINSELLA He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I ad... SOPHIE JORDAN First and foremost, it's paramount for young child to learn how to swim, and the best place for ... SOPHIE PASCOE What I am interested in is the present time. SOPHIE MARCEAU I always wanted to be a 'Blue Peter' presenter when I grew up! SOPHIE ALDRED People see me as a person who can make them some money, which makes it hard to make real friends. I&... SOPHIE MONK Except that stopping mid-sentence is the worst thing people can do. It's, like, totally passive aggr... SOPHIE KINSELLA Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You d... SOPHIE KINSELLA When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't ... SOPHIE KINSELLA If I was really a bitch I’d make your life a living hell. Instead, I’ll just stand by and watch ... SOPHIE MONROE I was going to change my name to Sophie Windsor, but then I decided not to. I prefer to go into the ... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN My life has changed, and I'm changing with it. SOPHIE KINSELLA We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's g... SOPHIE KINSELLA Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. SOPHIE SWETCHINE There are very few well-adjusted people in my books. But I do think that's normal. Because every... SOPHIE HANNAH I can't remember a time in my life where I haven't been aware of discrimination against women and th... SOPHIE BRION I was working as a secretary in Manchester and thought I would always do that. Then I got this lette... SOPHIE HANNAH Try as I might, Agatha Christie is unique. The actual writing style can't be exactly the same, s... SOPHIE HANNAH The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master. SOPHIE SWETCHINE I am actually incredibly contented and jolly. But, and I have no idea why this is, I have a really s... SOPHIE HANNAH Dans les jours d'après nous distribuerons tes soixante-dix-sept peluches, une par une ou deux par d... SOPHIE DAULL I respond, thoughts dropping away, like pebbles plopping one by one in water, sinking down, down int... SOPHIE JORDAN I will be able to look back on my teen years as spent on a television set just having the biggest bu... SOPHIE TURNER Clearly I'm really attracted to parts where there's a dark, sinister feel about them! SOPHIE TURNER I'm very lucky. I have a really supportive husband in Henry, and there's my mum, too. I coul... SOPHIE KINSELLA I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and th... SOPHIE HANNAH Just because someone has stylistic limitations doesn't necessarily make them a worse writer. SOPHIE HANNAH When you look at cells that don't yet have a specific function – aren't differentiated, compared t... SOPHIE LELIèVRE My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas ... SOPHIE KINSELLA My favourite Friday treat is to drive out of the centre of Cambridge, where we live, and go for a sw... SOPHIE HANNAH Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burt... SOPHIE TURNER I do loads of one-pot things because I feel like you can't go too far wrong. And I make a lot of... SOPHIE MCSHERA I feel the pressure to be toned, yeah, and everyone's going on about the thigh gap, but I like f... SOPHIE TURNER