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.

Sex and the City was about looking for Mr Big and trying to find him.

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life

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

Have I ever been in love? Really in love? And why is it that with each new guy I think I'm more in love with him than the last?

The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.