The collection / 40 fragments

The living archive

Passages, proverbs, and questions carried across the ages.

SearchTypeTopicEraCulture / collection labelCountry attributionTraditionOrder

Author

Leave empty for every voice. Browse all authors ↗

Reset

Culture labels and country attributions follow the source collections; earliest origins may be unknown.

40 results · Page 2 of 2Play this collection ▷

01c. 1994 AD

She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

02c. 1994 AD

Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

03c. 1994 AD

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

04c. 1994 AD

Don’t you ever get scared?” I ask.“Of what?” She says.“Of not being good enough.”“You mean at writing?” L’il asks.I nod. “What if I’m the only one who thinks I can do it and no one else does? What if I’m fooling myself-““Oh, Carrie.” She smiles. “Don’t you know that every writer feels that way? Fear is part of the job.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

05c. 1994 AD

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 / quote

↗

06c. 1994 AD

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 / quote

↗

07c. 1994 AD

Why shouldn’t I? I demand silently. Why shouldn’t I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hemmingway and all those other men. Why can’t I be like them? I mean, what is the point of becoming a writer if no one reads what you’ve written?Damn Viktor Greene and The New School. Why do I have to keep proving myself all of the time? Why can’t I be like L’il, with everyone praising and encouraging me? Or Rainbow, with her sense of entitlement. I bet Viktor Greene never asked Rainbow why she wanted to be a writer.Or what if-I wince-Viktor Greene is right? I’m not a writer after all.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

08c. 1994 AD

When one good thing happened to you, other good things seemed to follow.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

09c. 1994 AD

But that was the problem with New York: No matter how succesful you thought you were, there was always someone who was richer, more successful, more famous.. The idea of it was sometimes enough to make you want to give up.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

10c. 1994 AD

That was the wonderful thing about New York: Years of bad blood could be wiped out with a single gesture of friendliness.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

11c. 1994 AD

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

12c. 1994 AD

The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids, it's how you look at your life, what you make of it. It's about making the best of your life wherever you are in life.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

13c. 1994 AD

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

14c. 1994 AD

Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

15c. 1994 AD

If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗

16c. 1994 AD

I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.

Candace Bushnell / quote

↗