Quotes by Candace Bushnell

“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 didnt think they deserved to do nothing.”

“When you live a lie, you damage the soul.”

“It’s not what I can afford, it’s what I want to afford.”

“Why is it that everyone who’s had a baby acts like they’re the only one who ever has?”

“You always think life is going to get easier when you get older, but it doesn’t.”

“Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who’s in crisis?”

“Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldnt 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 its comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if youre very lucky, a plane ride away”

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