“Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from 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, quote from 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, quote from Sex and the City
“You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“ I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex 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, quote from Sex and the City
“If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from 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, quote from Sex and the City
“I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex 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, quote from Sex and the City
“There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“I adore him," she said. "I feel compassion for him because he's totally fucked up.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“As long as you're neurotic and crazy, he's great. But once he solves all your problems, he becomes the problem.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“I wouldn't be in shallow relationships, so I do nothing. I have no sex and no romance. Who needs it.? Who needs all these potential problems like disease and pregnancy.? I have no problems. No fear of disease, psychopaths, or stalkers. Why not just be with your friends and have real conversations and a good time.?”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“After all, it's woman, who decide, if a man is desirable or undesirable.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“When you're alone, it's easier," she said a little wistfully. "You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“I don't know. There are so many beautiful girls around, that after a while you start looking for someone, who can make you laugh.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“..he said, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't move forward. He thought, they should move on. He started crying. Not for himdelf, for her. He'd rescued her from her lousy life, and now he was throwing her back. He felt like a shit for doing it, for things having to be that way, for not being able to gove her what she wanted. The last thing he wanted was to hurt her. The only part that wasn't in the manual, was her response: She started to laugh. "Oh, give me a break," she said.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“..he said, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't move forward. He thought, they should move on. He started crying. Not for himdelf, for her. He'd rescued her from her lousy life, and now he was throwing her back. He felt like a shit for doing it, for things having to be that way, for not being able to give her what she wanted. The last thing he wanted was to hurt her. The only part that wasn't in the manual, was her response: She started to laugh. "Oh, give me a break," she said.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“There are worse things than being thirty-five, single, and female in New York. Like: Being twenty-five, singled, and female in New York. It's a rite of passage few women would want to repeat. It's about sleeping with the wrong men, wearing the wrong clothes, having the wrong roommate, saying the wrong thing, being ignored, getting fired, not being taken seriously, and generally being treated like shit. But it's necessary.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
“A man came up to her. Expensively tailored suit. Okay, he wasn't exactly a man because he was only thirty-five. But he was trying.”
― Candace Bushnell, quote from Sex and the City
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“What’s three?” I asked, hoping to move away from this uncomfortable topic.
The smile pulled at his lips again.
“Three.” One of his hands cupped my face and the other slid around my back. He pulled my body against his and my heart began to pound. I took advantage of my free hand and pushed at his chest.
“I don’t think so, Lily,” he said. “If you want to get rid of me, you’ll need to do better than that.”
I drew a sharp breath and tried to wiggle away, but he held me firmly in place, watching me struggle. He grinned as he lifted me up onto the sink.
“What are you doing?” I started to panic. “Someone could come in!”
“If they see us, they’ll just turn around and get out of here,” he murmured, lips touching my ear. “No one crosses me.”
His hips pressed against my knees, opening them, pushing my skirt up my legs. I gripped his shirt, clinging to him so I wouldn’t fall into the sink. His hand pushed into my lower back. I gasped as his body fitted against mine.
Heat flooded my chest, my pelvis. I thought I would drown in it.
“We can’t—” His lips stopped my words. The kiss just made me dizzier. I dug my fingers into his shoulders.
“You said you didn’t want to be left alone.” His tongue flicked over my cheekbone. “This is me pestering you.”
“Aren’t you breaking the rules?” I could barely get the words out. “What about the union?”
“I’d rather have you on my own terms.” His hand slipped between my thighs.
All strength fled my limbs. “I can’t breathe.”
“That means you like it.” He kissed me again.”
― Andrea Cremer, quote from Nightshade
“When a man turns a blessing from his door, it falls to them as take it in.”
― George Eliot, quote from Silas Marner
“[Spade] scowled at Gutman and burst out irritably: "Jesus God! is this the first thing you guys ever stole? You're a fine lot of lollipops! What are you going to do next-- get down and pray?”
― Dashiell Hammett, quote from The Maltese Falcon
“When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed.”
― John Green, quote from Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“He just thought quietly, 'So this is love. I see, I was wrong about it too', thinking as he had thought before and would think again and as every other man has thought: how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life. [...] 'Perhaps they were right in putting love into books,' he thought quietly. 'Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.”
― William Faulkner, quote from Light in August
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