“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
“I’m a realist. Just because you had sex once doesn’t mean you have to fall in love.” — 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
“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
“If a man doesn’t ask you to marry him -- or at least live with him -- after two years, he never… — 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 said, ‘Never. Because I don’t consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you don’t quit a career.’… — 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
“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
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
