Elle > Elle's Quotes

“You swam in a river of chance and coincidence. You clung to the happiest accidents—the rest you let float by.”
― David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare."

"Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great."

"Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's not. They all put words like 'iridiums'. And I put 'pig'.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“But sometimes you have to be brave. Sometimes you have to show people what's important in life.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“If it's in the bin, it's public property.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“I’m blushing at my own stupid, nonsensical, meaningless thought process, which, by the way, nobody knows about except me.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“I don't speak Japanese, I don't know anything about Japanese business or Japanese culture. Apart from sushi. But I can't exactly go up to him and say "Sushi!" out of the blue. It would be like going up to a top American businessman and saying, "T-bone steak!”
― Sophie Kinsella , I've Got Your Number

“I'll have to admit, he really does have quite a smile. Kind of heart-stopping, especially as it comes out of nowhere.
I mean... you know. If your heart was in the kind of place to be stopped.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“There are moments in life that the white-chocolate Magnum ice cream was invented for, and this is one of them.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“All I can say is, she's the one I think about. All the time. She's the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see. - Sam Roxton”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my phone in its usual place in my pocket. Every instinct in me wants to text someone, 'OMG, I've lost my phone!' but how can do that without a bloody phone?”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“What are they waiting to see?" Sam follows my gaze and I shrug. "Who knows? You could always do a dance, or tell a joke, or... kiss the bride?"
"Not the bride," he wraps his arms around me, and gradually pulls me close. Our noses are practically touching. I can see right into his eyes. I can feel the warmth of his skin. "you." Me.
"The girl who stole my phone." His lips brush across the corner of my mouth. "The thief."
"It was in a bin."
"Still stealing."
"No it isn't-," I begin. But now his mouth is firmly on mine, and I can't speak at all. And suddenly, life is good.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“It's his mother's birthday? But he didn't tell me. I don't have a card. I don't have a gift. How could he do this to me?

Men are crap.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen.

Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.”
― Countee Cullen

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

“No regrets. Just live in the moment.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“No, I really did. I walked into that room and saw the hottest, sexiest guy I've ever seen - wet and half naked. And I said, "Ewww."

I know. How am I still single, right?”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“Oh yeah," Zane says and smirks at me. "I had her for dinner once. Best meal of my life.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“Fiction should be a place of lollipops and escape. Real life is depressing enough--I, for one, don't want to read about make believe misery, too.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“I thrust the picture at his chest. He takes it and squints at it in the softening light. Then his eyes widen. "Holy shit," he breathes. "Is this the girl that ate you?"

"Ha, no. You're funny." I snatch my picture back. "So I was super fat. It's my father's fault. He never hugged me."

"So, what, you ate him?”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“Damn it, I should be the only one allowed to drool over him. I found him first! Or something not as stupid.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“I keep thinking it's going to come back when I least expect it. When I'm at my happiest. So I'm always afraid to be happy."
Zane looks out at the horizon. "You know, there are so many things that can go wrong in this world, you could spend your whole life worrying about them and forget to appreciate every moment you have with someone. Then, you're like, 'God, why wasn't I thankful for what I had when I had it?'" He glances over at me. "You know what the secret to a happy life is?" I shake my head, silent tears falling down my cheeks.
He squeezes my hand. "No regrets. Just live in the moment.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“I don't forgive people.Just ask Shauna Bradley. We were best friends in kindergarten until I discovered she was the one stealing the fruit snacks from my desk. She lost my trust that day, and
even now when I see her, I have to refrain myself from shouting, "Why? Why did you do it?!”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“We stand there, knee deep in the water, holding hands. The silence is thunderous with words we don't speak. I feel his presence beside me like it's an extension of my own body, tall and strong and so, so beautiful. But I can't look at him. Right now, it hurts too damn much.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“I'm Violet," I growl. "I thought I lost something this summer, but I just realized, I never needed it."
Total silence.
Then someone mutters, "Is she talking about her virginity?"
In retrospect, I realize I could have worded that better.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You

“So, Violet." Zane turns his chair in my direction. "Is your day getting better yet?"

"Pretty sure it's getting worse as we speak," I say.

-

Zane's dark eyes are sparkling with humor. "Come on," he says. "It's not that bad, is it?"

"Oh, let's see." I stare up at the fancy glass ball lamps hanging from the ceiling. "I got dumped at Taco Bill's today; fell down, split my pants, and generally humiliated myself in front of a complete stranger; went to dinner at a snooty restaurant, found out said stranger is my future step brother; got called a stripper, hooker, and virgin by my mother...did I leave anything out?"

"Well, I don't know. The night is still young — anything could happen." The corners of his beautiful mouth twitch upwards. "It can only get better, right?"

I frown. "Don't say that, you'll jinx me. Now my mom will come back and blurt out how she and Bill had kinky bathroom sex, and I'll run away before she can go into detail, and trip over that waiter carrying that flaming dessert - he'll go crashing into the lady with way too much product in her hair, and then the whole restaurant will be on fire.”
― Nicole Christie, Falling for the Ghost of You