“I’m a realist. Just because you had sex once doesn’t mean you have to fall in love.” — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Maybe you can’t have it both ways. His life and your life. How do you put two lives together, anyway?” — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“I’ve never understood sexy lingerie. I mean, what’s the point? The guy’s only going to take it off.” — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Lots of famous people are late bloomers. My father says it’s an advantage to be a late bloomer. Because when good things… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“What?” She gasps. “Who did you do it with? You can’t go out there and pick up some random stranger. Oh no,… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Have I become the girl who waits by the phone, hoping it will ring, who asks a friend to dial her number… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Babies! That’s all it’s about. Who ever knew the world would be all about babies?” Samantha shouts. “Every time I see a… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Only the “˜intercourse’ part.” Miranda makes quotation marks with her fingers. “Why do they call it intercourse anyway? It makes it sound… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“He’s probably one of those “love the one you’re with” guys -- meaning he automatically goes after whatever woman happens to be… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, it seemed to be working. For Samantha, anyway. And in comparison, my own relationship with Bernard was sorely… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Why do magazines do this to women?” Miranda complains now, glaring at Vogue. “It’s all about creating insecurity. Trying to make women… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“I really liked it.” She covers her mouth in horror. “If I like sex, do you think it means I can’t be… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“I've become a handmaiden to other people’s relationships. Aiding and abetting. And now I’m al alone. Thank God for Miranda. I’ll always… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“I’ve had boyfriends before, and frankly, each one was a disappointment. There was nothing horribly wrong with these boys. It was my fault. I’m… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
We hate guys who date more than one woman at a time. I've always believed that what's unacceptable in one sex should, by definition,… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
“The car was on the FDR drive now and, turning her head, she glanced out at the bleak brown buildings of the projects that… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
The heart wants what the heart wants," she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. "You'd think the heart would know better. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life.… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
“The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
“I will not listen to you, or anybody else. Because you know what? Everyone think they know so goddamned much about everything and no… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis? — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
The fact that a man is open to being with an older woman suggests that he doesn't give a hang what other people think… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share
