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

“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

“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

“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 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

“Better alone than badly accompanied.”
― 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

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

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

“That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.”
― Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

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

“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 you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

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

“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”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

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

“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