I am a child of Cosmopolitan culture, have been traumatized by supermodels and too many quizzes and know that neither my personality nor my body is up to it if left to its own devices.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
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I am a child of Cosmopolitan culture, have been traumatized by supermodels and too many quizzes and know that neither my personality nor my body is up to it if left to its own devices.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
I will not get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
I like you very much. Just as you are.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
I refuse to be defeated by a bad man and an American stick insect. Instead, I choose vodka. And Chaka Khan.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
Oh God. I can’t bear to think about it. He might have a secret horror hidden away somewhere. Perhaps he’s got a wife and two children in Sydenham.
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary
The more you learn, the more you realize how ignorant you are.
Gustave Flaubert – Bouvard et Pecuchet
Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.
Gustave Flaubert – Bouvard et Pecuchet
What is the point of searching for truth, when lies are more comforting?
Gustave Flaubert – Bouvard et Pecuchet
Everything one invents is true, do you understand? True in this sense: it is consistent.
Gustave Flaubert – Bouvard et Pecuchet