35 Timeless ‘Sex And The City’ Quotes Every Fabulous Single Woman Should Read

Sex And The City
Sex And The City

1. “Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you’re pretty sexy and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.”

— Carrie Bradshaw


2. “Monogamy is on its way out again. It had a brief comeback in the 90s, but as the millennium approaches, everyone’s leaving their options open.”

— Stanford Blatch


3. “Men. Fuck em, fuck em, fuck all of them.”

— Samantha Jones

“And that’s coming from a woman that has.”

— Miranda Hobbes


4. “Maybe we can be each other’s soul mates. And then we can let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with.”

— Charlotte York


5. “Ugly sex is hot. Some of the best sex I’ve had is with people I can’t stand.”

— Anthony Merentino


6. “The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.”

— Carrie


7. “We’re not dating, it’s a fuck thing.”

— Miranda


8. “I will not be judged by you or society. I will wear whatever and blow whomever I want as long as I can breathe—and kneel.”

— Samantha


9. “Soul mates only exist in the Hallmark aisle of Duane Reade Drugs.”

— Miranda


10. “I love you, but I love me more.”

— Samantha


11. “Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free till they find someone just as wild to run with them.”

— Carrie


12. “There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the homeless.”

— Miranda


13. “The good ones screw you, the bad ones screw you, and the rest don’t know how to screw you.”

— Samantha


14. “Oral sex is like God’s gift to women—you can get off without worrying about getting pregnant.”

— Miranda


15. “I’m a 34-year-old woman with braces and I’m on a liquid diet. Pain doesn’t begin to cover it.”

— Miranda


16. “I proposed to myself!”

— Charlotte

“What?”

— Carrie

“Yes. I suggested he have a tomato salad, then I suggested we get married.”

— Charlotte


17. “If I worried what every bitch in New York was saying about me, I’d never leave the house.”

— Samantha


18. “Listen to me! The right guy is an illusion. Start living your lives.”

— Samantha


19. “I admit it’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, or the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit, but the best anyone of us can do is not quit. Play the hand we’ve been given, and accessorize the outfit we’ve got.”

— Carrie


20. “No, I told you: no white, no ivory, nothing that says ‘virginal.’ I have a child. The jig is up.”

— Miranda


21. “There isn’t enough wall space in New York City to hang all of my exes. And let me tell you, a lot of them were hung.”

— Samantha


22. “Are we simply romantically challenged, or are we sluts?”

— Carrie


23. “I am fifty-fucking-two, and I will rock this dress.”

— Samantha


24. “I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.”

— Carrie


25. “You have a lot of nerve telling me to get a wax. If you were in Aruba the natives could bead your back. And it’s not just there; every time I blow you I feel like I’m flossing.‬”

— Samantha


26. “I will not be the first one to speak. And if he never calls me again, I’ll always think of him fondly, as an asshole.”

— Carrie


27. “If you turn into one of those married assholes, I’ll kill you.”

— Samantha


28. “I like my money where I can see it, hanging in my closet.”

— Carrie


29. “Fuck me badly once, shame on you. Fuck me badly twice, shame on me.”

— Samantha


30. “We made a deal ages ago. Men, babies, it doesn’t matter. We’re soul mates.”

— Carrie


31. “You men have no idea what we’re dealing with down there…teeth placement, jaw stress, suction, and gag reflex, all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe. Easy?! Honey, they don’t call it a ‘job’ for nothin’.”

— Samantha


32. “Why are there so many great American women and no great American men?”

— Carrie


33. “No smoking in bars. What’s next, no fucking in bars?”

— Samantha


34. “Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens.”

— Carrie


35. “And finally, the most important break up rule: no matter who broke your heart, or how long it takes to heal, you’ll never go through it without your friends.”

— Carrie Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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