Quotes from book

The Carrie Diaries

“I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life. Forcing people to give it to you, or making them want to give it to you.”

“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.”

“Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline and respect. When you lose the respect of your spouse, you've lost everything.”

“Who am I supposed to be again? Just be yourself. But who am I?”

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

“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.”

“Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist.”

“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.”

“In life, there are only four kinds of girls:
The girl 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.”

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

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

“A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you’re not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you’re beautiful, just the way you are.”

“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.”

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

“Sometimes I think all the trouble in the world is caused by men. If there were no men, women would always be happy. ~Carrie”

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

“If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy”

“The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.”

“What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?”