Why didn't they have mobile phones in the 1920s? Think how many misunderstandings in the world could have been avoided. Archduke Ferdinand could have texted his people - I think a weirdo's following me - and he wouldn't have got assassinated. World War I wouldn't have happened.

Lara, Twenties Girl ~ Sophie Kinsella

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 answer.

You can't live your life waiting for an answer.

Sadie, Twenties Girl ~ Sophie Kinsella

Boys treat thinking like sex. they think it takes twenty minutes and then you're done and there's no point talking about it. They have no idea.

Lara, Twenties Girl ~ Sophie Kinsella

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

Sadie, Twenties Girl ~ Sophie Kinsella