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“This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.”
― Michelle Moran, The Heretic Queen

“I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.”
― Michelle Moran, Nefertiti

“Nothing is forever...nothing lasts.”
― Michelle Moran, Nefertiti

“And when that time comes, let's hope your friends outnumber your enemies.”
― Michelle Moran, Cleopatra's Daughter

“You want it to feel like a surprise. You want to keep him guessing whether he'll make you smile entirely so that when you do, he will feel like he's been given a gift.”
― Michelle Moran, The Heretic Queen

“My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.”
― Michelle Moran, Nefertiti

“I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“I'm not ashamed of anything I've done.
Shame is a useless emotion.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“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.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.”
― Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

“Better alone than badly accompanied.”
― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

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

“It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.”
― Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

“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”
― Candace Bushnell, The Carrie Diaries

“If you didn't feel like your support system was strong enough, then getting yourself out of the situation was the best thing to do”
― Lindsey Kelk, I Heart New York

“Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.”
― Lindsey Kelk, I Heart New York

“Sometimes we get so used to not really feeling anything, just going with the flow, that we forget how it feels to be really happy or sad.”
― Lindsey Kelk, I Heart New York

“I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I made a fatal error thinking he could save me.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Like a tree losing its leaves. I forget even the thing I was thinking.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I miss him as soon as he goes. When he isn't with me, I think I made him up.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations