Candace Bushnell: Trending quotes (page 2)

“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.”

“It's always the people who don't want things who get them.”

“maybe he's falling in love with the idea of falling in love with me. Maybe he wants to be in love with someone and I've ended up in the right place at the right time.”

“The heart wants what the heart wants”

“You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.”

“It was scary how a girl couldn't live without friends.”

“I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from it.

+ Then you shouldn't be a writer.”

“All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.”

“I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.”

“Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.”

“When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.”