"Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
— Carrie Bradshaw"
— Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City)

"The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
— Carrie Bradshaw"
— Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City)

"That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better."
— Candace Bushnell (One Fifth Avenue)

"Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch."
— Candace Bushnell (One Fifth Avenue)

"Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, as if to beat his uncertainty into submission."
— Candace Bushnell (Trading Up)

"It's always the people who don't want things who get them."
— Candace Bushnell (One Fifth Avenue)

"Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her life should remain the same."
— Candace Bushnell (One Fifth Avenue)

"His mother had become impossible, as, he supposed, all elderly people were when they refused to accept that their lives had to change."
— Candace Bushnell (One Fifth Avenue)

". . . 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."
— Candace Bushnell (One Fifth Avenue)