Candace Bushnell Quotes

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

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.

That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.

Better alone than badly accompanied.

Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.

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.

The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.

Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.

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

You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline and respect. When you lose the respect of your spouse, you've lost everything.

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.

There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

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.

You have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.

Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.

Guys are like dogs: they never notice if you've changed your hair, but they can sense when there's another guy sniffing around their territory

If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy

From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.

Oh I don't plan on getting married. It's a legalized form of prostitution.

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.

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

After all, it's woman, who decide, if a man is desirable or undesirable.