Candace Bushnell Zitate

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

“Money follows art. Money wants what it can't buy. Class and talent. And remember while there's a talent for making money, it takes real talent to know how to spend it.”

“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.”

“At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.”

“She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.”

“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.”

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

“I don't consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you
don't quit a career.”

“I don't like to think of myself as a 'virgin'. I prefer to think of myself as 'sexually incomplete'. You know. Like I haven't finished the course yet.”

“Men, Babies, it doesn't matter… we're soulmates”

“Meanwhile I'll probably see him again. That's how sick I am.”

“You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.”

“And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?”

“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.”