Emotional Control

Bridget Jones, wanton sex goddess, with a very bad man between her thighs… Mum… Hi.

Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary

I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as a woman of substance.

Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary

There’s nothing so unattractive to a man as strident feminism.

Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary

Can officially confirm that the way to a man’s heart these days is not through beauty, food, sex, or alluringness of character, but merely the ability to seem not very interested in him.

Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.

Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones Diary