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 didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

— Candace Bushnell

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

— Candace Bushnell

Just because someone is a girl doesn't mean she can't be tough and practical and have adventures. That's the way most girls are-until they get around guys. Then guys make them act all stupid.

— Candace Bushnell

Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

— Candace Bushnell

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

— Candace Bushnell

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

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

— Candace Bushnell

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

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.

— Candace Bushnell

My anger is like some rudimentary, single-celled beast, an exploding virus of fury that paralyses rational thought and blinds me to everything except one single goal...

— Candace Bushnell