At first, being with ...

At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.
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 Candace Bushnell

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The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
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 Candace Bushnell
Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?
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 Candace Bushnell
If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
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 Candace Bushnell
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.
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 Candace Bushnell
Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who looked like extras from Central Casting, so perfectly did they fit into this environment. There was the feeling of everything being not quite real, or too perfectly cliched to actually be true, and it began to rain in a fine, misty drizzle from a black patent leather sky.
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 Candace Bushnell