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161 " When it comes to people--don't write about who you know, but what you know of human nature. "
― Candace Bushnell , The Carrie Diaries (The Carrie Diaries, #1)
162 " I stare up the stars, intensely aware of his body a few inches from mine. If this isn't romance, I don't know what is. "
163 " Is this better or worse than being married and living in the suburbs? Better or worse? Who can tell? "
― Candace Bushnell
164 " I take his hand in mine, running my fingers over the palm. His hands are lovely and lean, and I can't help thinking about those hands on my body. The sexiest part of a man is his hands. "
― Candace Bushnell , Summer and the City (The Carrie Diaries, #2)
165 " Am I going to spend the rest of my life trying to get some kind of approval from him that he's never going to give? "
166 " Everyone thinks they know so goddamned much about everything and no one knows fuck all about anything. "
167 " Like, is this really what you think all guys are like?” “The piece isn’t even about guys though,” I protest. “It’s about the expectations on girls, that’s all. "
― Candace Bushnell , Rules for Being a Girl
168 " It’s like now that I’m looking for inequality, I’m seeing it everywhere, categorizing a thousand great and small unfairnesses everywhere I go. Why didn’t I really see this before? "
169 " And then he was there, staring at me from behind the screen door. I'd like to say he no longer affected me, that seeing him was a disappointment. But it wasn't true. I felt as strongly about him as I had on that first day I'd seen him in calculus class. "
170 " There's no such thing as writer's block," she proclaimed. "If you can't write it's because you don't have anything to say. Or you're avoiding something. "
171 " He's such an asshole you'd never believe he could be religious, but he is. "
172 " Be flirty but not too flirty. Be confident but not aggressive. Be funny but in a low-key, quiet way. Eat cheeseburgers, but don’t get fat. Be chill, but don’t lose control. "
173 " But there are so many unspoken rules for navigating high school - for navigating life, maybe - that I can't help but try to figure out which one I broke to get myself into this situation.... There are so many rules for girls. "
174 " He still went out nearly every night. I thought, is this what he's going to do when we have the baby? Have I made another terrible mistake with a man? You don't really know a man until you have a child with him. Then you see so much. Is he kind? Is he tolerant? Is he loving? Or is he immature and egotistical and selfish? When you have a child, it can go two ways with your husband: You love him even more, or you lose all respect for him. And if you lose respect, there's no way to get it back... "
― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue
175 " In Life, there are only four kinds of girls: The gilr 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. "
176 " I could live here forever. Maybe even become real New Yorker someday. "
177 " His mother had become impossible, as, he supposed, all elderly people were when they refused to accept that their lives had to change. "
178 " Being a writeris all about having something to say. And it’d better be interesting. If you don’t have anythinginteresting to say, don’t become a writer. Become something useful. Like a doctor. "
179 " A glittering disco ball spins from the ceiling, but the music is something I've never heard, discordant and haunting and insistent, the kind of music that demands you dance. "
180 " then why sell?" James had asked. "have to," Redmond said. "if I want to get married and have children and live in this city, I have to." "since when do you want to get married and have kids?" James asked. "since now. Life gets boring when you're middle-aged. You can't keep doing the same thing. You look like an asshole. You ever notice that?" Redmond had asked. "