Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue

"Men are the hunters and women are the gatherers. Shopping is a form of gathering" (33).

"You don’t have to take everything I say at face value. Sometimes I say things just to hear how they sound" (100).

"Jealousy, envy, ego – those are the things success is made of" (128).

"It was one thing to lavishly spend someone else’s money but quite another to shell out your own" (393).