Explore Quotes by Candace Bushnell

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

The heart wants what the heart wants," she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. "You'd think the heart would know better.

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

So much of being a woman is telling lies

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.

Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.

There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion

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

You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.

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

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.

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.

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.

Love is dangerous, if you know it's dangerous, that makes you treasure it, and you'll work harder to keep it.

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.

I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.

You choose the end of the summer to fall in love with this guy because secretly, you don’t want it to last.

It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.

sometimes the best thing to do is to pretend it didn't happen

I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.