My Not So Perfect Life Quotes

“Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Because it’s human nature to hope for impossible things.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“This is the trouble with meeting people in real life: They don’t come with profiles attached.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Take your future into your own hands. Make it happen. Life is a coloring book, but you have the pens.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Whoever started the rumor that life has to be perfect is a very wicked person, if you ask me.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“I think I’ve finally worked out how to feel good about life. Every time you see someone’s bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“I had a choice: Follow my heart or don’t break his. I think in the end I broke a bit of both our hearts.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Have you ever shaken up a compass and seen the arrow whirling around, trying to find a place to settle?” says Alex abruptly. “Well, that’s my brain. It’s all over the place.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“It’s funny how life works like a seesaw: Some things go up while others plunge down.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Commuting in London is basically warfare. It's a constant campaign of claiming territory; inching forward; never relaxing for a moment. Because if you do, someone will step past you. Or step on you.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Every time you see someone’s bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Bloody heads and hearts, never match up, do they?”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“It's amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words “organic,” “authentic,” and “Gweneth Paltrow.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“That girl is going to go far. I have no idea in which direction- but she'll go far”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“This is my new guiding principle: Find a man of quality. Not a man who excites me but one who values me. Not a man who takes me to the moon and then vanishes off to New York but one who takes me to…Bracknell, maybe.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“I run. I always fucking run. Well, I’m not running anymore. I want stability. I want love.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“So why do they hope ?' I can't help asking.
'Because it's human nature to hope for impossible things.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“I think I've finally worked out how to feel good about life. Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: they have their own crappy truths, too. Of course they do. And every time you see tour own crappy truth and feel despair and think: Is this my life...? You should remember: it's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Have you ever shaken up a compass and see the arrow whirling around, trying to find a place to settle? Well, that's my brain. It's all over the place.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“When they expect you to give up, that's when you should put your foot down and double speed.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Every promotion requires you to do less of the thing you originally wanted to do”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“They maintain this guilty, defiant refusal to engage: I know you’re out there; I know it’s awful and I’m safe inside, but I suffered too, so let me just read my Kindle without bloody guilt-tripping me, OK?”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Then, on impulse, I scroll back through my previous Instagram posts, looking at the photos of London cafes, sights, drinks, and smiling faces (mostly strangers). The whole thing is like a feel-good movie, and what's wrong with that? Loads of people use colored filters or whatever on Instagram. Well, my filter is the “this is how I'd like it to be” filter. It's not that I lie. I was in those places, even if I couldn't afford a hot chocolate. It's just I don't dwell on any of the not-so-great stuff in my life, like the commute or the prices or having to keep all my stuff in a hammock. Let alone vanilla-whey-coated eggs and abnoxious lechy flatmates. And the point is, it's something to aspire to, something to hope for. One day my life will match my Instagram posts. One day.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“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, My Not So Perfect Life

“Living in London is like living in a movie set, from the Dickensian backstreets to the glinting tower blocks to the secret garden squares. You can be anyone you want to be.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Sometimes I worry my ideas might dry up', he says, an odd tone to his voice. 'I'm not sure who I'd be without them. Sometimes I think I'm really just an empty vessel floating about, downloading ideas and not much else.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“And the point is, it’s something to aspire to, something to hope for. One day my life will match my Instagram posts. One day!”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“Stuff that balances out the bright and shiny, just like there is for all of us. Bright and shiny on the one side, the crappy truth on the other. I think I've finally figured out how to feel good about life. Every time you see someone's bright and shiny, remember, they have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do! And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, "Is this my life?" Remember, it's not. Everyone's got a bright and shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

“And the truth is, the country is very cool. It’s absolutely the new town.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life