“Everyone assumed that if you were beautiful, things just fell in your lap?” — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
He leans over and kisses me. And suddenly, my life splits in two: before and after. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Because marriage is supposed to make you happy, not make you feel like a rat trapped in a very glamorous cage with… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Thinking you don’t have unhealthy patterns is an unhealthy pattern in itself. And everyone has something unhealthy from their childhood. If you… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, �and when he made a choice he clung to it… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
In life,there are only four kinds of girls: The girl who played with fire. The girl who opened Pandora's Box. The girl… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids, it's how you… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Sex. It’s the biggest sham of all. I mean, your whole life, all you ever hear is how you’re supposed to save… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I know I have to do the right thing. And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Why do magazine 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 can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“..he said, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't move forward. He thought, they should move on. He started crying. Not… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I didn't want it to be this way." "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is." "I just want to be with… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“The car was on the FDR drive now and, turning her head, she glanced out at the bleak brown buildings of the… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Am I going to spend the rest of my life trying to get some kind of approval from him that he's never… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“No one is too busy to pick up the phone, to make a one-minute phone call. No matter how busy they say… — 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
All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Just because something doesn't last forever, it doesn't mean it wasn't meaningful while it did last. It doesn't mean it wasn't important. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
- I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Like it or not, in the end, it's one's body. It's literally what carries you through life. There's a reason for the… — 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
