Candace Bushnell Zitate

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

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

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

“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”

“The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.”

“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.”

“Better alone than badly accompanied.”

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

“I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.”

“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.”

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

“What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.”

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

“Funny always makes the bad things go away.”

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

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

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

“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”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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