Carmen Reid > Quotes

“Very sweetly, he always told her he loved her just the way she was. Although, honestly he had no idea. She shuddered to think what she would really look like if she stopped waxing, plucking, highlighting, manicuring, applying make-up and
dressing with care and concentration.”
― Carmen Reid, How Not To Shop

“You have savings?" she was astonished.

As a woman who lived on the very extreme edges of her budget, whose credit card bills were a source of monthly concern, the idea of savings was just so alien. But then this was Ed, a different kind of person altogether.

"Why do I know nothing about your savings?" she'd asked.

"I wonder!" he'd answered with a smile. "Maybe because I don't want my savings to be translated into "really great investments" like Miu Miu shoes or Hermès handbags.”
― Carmen Reid, How Not To Shop

“Been there, done that, never want to go there again.”
― Carmen Reid

“get along just fine. Anyway,”
― Carmen Reid, The Woman Who Ran For The Hills

“And maybe if I throw all the pieces of my life up into the air, they’ll land back down again in a much better arrangement.”
― Carmen Reid, The Woman Who Ran For The Hills

“Too much stuff in your life, I’m guessing. You’re weighed down. You need to clear out, give away and travel light. I’m just a guy with a backpack and a surfboard and I’ve never been happier.”
― Carmen Reid, Shopping With The Enemy

“„Ova odeća je praktična“, rekao je Ed.
„Ova odeća je kriminalna“, insistirala je Eni.”
― Carmen Reid, The Personal Shopper

“,, Ah, da, tvoj princ u sjajnom oklopu.“ Prekorno je zazvučao. „Ilije u pitanju sjajno armani odelo? Čovek koji će te u svom bentliju povesti ka lagodnom životu i trošenju
neverovatnih suma novca s njegove kreditne kartice.“
„Svi imamo pravo da sanjamo“, oštro ga je podsetila.”
― Carmen Reid, The Personal Shopper

“Muškarci uvek iznevere... na ovaj ili onaj način”
― Carmen Reid, The Personal Shopper

“friends’ old”
― Carmen Reid, How Not To Shop

“sometimes very good things happened when you took a risk, when you went out on a limb, and stretched yourself.”
― Carmen Reid, Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life

“It is the work that matters, not the applause that follows”,”
― Carmen Reid, Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life