Candace Bushnell > Quotes

“Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“I make mistakes. That's what I do. I
speak without thinking, I act without
knowing. I drink so much that I can
barely walk...I'm a fantastic lover
though, and an amazing friend. God
knows I mean well.”
― Candace Bushnell

“The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet”
― 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

“From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“ I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“Maybe the past is like an anchor holdong us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
― Candace Bushnell

“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

“Better alone than badly accompanied.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them.
-Carrie Bradshaw”
― Candace Bushnell

“Sometimes I think all the trouble in the world is caused by men. If there were no men, women would always be happy. ~Carrie”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“In life,there are only four kinds of girls:
The girl who played with fire.
The girl who opened Pandora's Box.
The girl who gave Adam the apple.
And the girl whose best friend stole her boyfriend.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“It's always the people who don't want things who get them.”
― Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

“sometimes the best thing to do is to
pretend it didn't happen”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“Funny always makes the bad things go away.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“The heart wants what the heart wants”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“I'm not ashamed of anything I've done.
Shame is a useless emotion.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been dealt, and accessorize what we’ve got.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“Love is dangerous, if you know it's dangerous, that makes you treasure it, and you'll work harder to keep it.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“It was scary how a girl couldn't live without friends.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“Should, is the worst word
in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're
not, they're disappointed.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so high.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“But every time I feel bad, I try to remind myself about what this little kid said to me once. She was loaded with personality-so ugly she was cute. And you knew she knew it too. "Carrie?" she asked. "What if i'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?" That question still kind of blows me away. I mean, isn't it the truth? Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.”
― Candace Bushnell

“It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“Why do magazines do this to women? It's
all about creating insecurity. Trying to make women feel like they're not good enough. And when women don't feel like they're good enough, guess what? Men win. That's how they keep us down.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“- I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from it.

+ Then you shouldn't be a writer.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“You choose the end of the summer to fall in love with this guy
because secretly, you don’t want it to last.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“Who am I supposed to be again? Just be yourself. But who am I?”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.”
― Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

“Money follows art. Money wants what it can't buy. Class and talent. And remember while there's a talent for making money, it takes real talent to know how to spend it.”
― Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

“There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion”
― Candace Bushnell, Unknown Book 11676291

“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“Men, Babies, it doesn't matter...we're soulmates”
― Candace Bushnell

“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”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City