Top 159 Quotes & Sayings by Candace Bushnell - Page 3

Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you hold on to it. You defend it. You dont pretend it isn't important at the risk of offending others." -Carrie.

Who am I supposed to be again? Just be yourself. But who am I?

She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.

If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.

Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so high.

When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.

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 want to give it to you.

maybe he's falling in love with the idea of falling in love with me. Maybe he wants to be in love with someone and I've ended up in the right place at the right time.

At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.

You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.

The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.

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 all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life

... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.

Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist.

I can only hope he's an Aries and not a Scorpio.

When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on the ground. I thought, "This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer."

There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion

It was scary how a girl couldn't live without friends.

You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis?

A glittering disco ball spins from the ceiling, but the music is something I've never heard, discordant and haunting and insistent, the kind of music that demands you dance.

My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.

I didn't want it to be this way." "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is." "I just want to be with someone normal," he said. "I just want to have a normal life." "Excuse me," she said. "You're a little crazy," he said. "You're too old to act the way you do. You've got to grow up. You've got to take care of yourdelf. I'm afraid for you. You can't think that people are going to take care of you all the time.

The heart wants what the heart wants

There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh

. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even what she might do for anyone else-making her the ultimate example of all that was wrong and misguided about young women today.

I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.

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 on with your life.

The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.

Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!

This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.

Meanwhile I'll probably see him again. That's how sick I am.

We're comfortable with movie stars having money. We're comfortable with a woman marrying a rich guy and having money. We're not so comfortable with a woman independently working in business and making a lot of money.

Have I ever been in love? Really in love? And why is it that with each new guy I think I'm more in love with him than the last?

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

A writer must be fearless. A writer has to be like a clawed animal." -The Carrie Diaries pg. 337