Sophie Kinsella Quotes

You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

There is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or why or who you are. You want one and I want one, but there isn't one. It comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. And yet you are all that you have, so you must be enough. There is no other way.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

I think it's okay not knowing what you want to become.

Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Be happy with who you are and know that being you is the best thing you can do for yourself. You've got a long time to figure everything out and there's no rush. Enjoy the now.

Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.

Can you question who you are? And are you comfortable with not knowing?

When I was younger I'd berate myself: You're fat, you're not a good dancer, you'll never have a boyfriend. I don't sweat that kind of stuff anymore. Now every day is a miracle. I've also learned that if something is painful or upsetting, you shouldn't hide from it. You should make it part of your life instead.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

Be patient with all that is uncertain in your heart...do not search for answers, which will not be given: you will not be able to live them, and its importat to live everything.

You are not your past.

I've become the person I've always hated, but I'm happier.

When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time.

There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.

When you understand yourself, that very day you have understood the whole of humanity. Then nobody can make you miserable.

Be true to yourself. Don't take no for an answer. And start your Transcendental Meditation.

I just don't see the point in beating myself up. I think it's more productive to concentrate on being a better person right now than punishing myself for who I was in the past.

Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had

The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance.

I hear so many things about who I am supposed to be I hardly know what to believe. I am willing to tell all, but what Is it? Doubtless all these myths and legends will be straightened out eventually, but It may take years.

All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back together and then she fell apart again and put herself back together, over and over.

The full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself may be the only sure way of transforming it.

Be patient with yourself even when you make mistakes.

I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.