Season 1

“After he left I cried for a week. And then I realized that I do have faith. Faith in myself.”

— Michael Patrick King, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“There comes a point in every relationship when romance gives way to reality.”

— Michael Patrick King, Michael Green, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“I just realized, maybe it's maturity or the wisdom that comes with age, but the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel'—she's very misunderstood. I mean, the woman builds her dream house and these brats come along and start eating it.”

— Terri Minsky, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Samantha: Once we get the breath under control, I'm going to take him shopping for a whole new wardrobe. He's a cute little fixer-upper! Carrie: Sweetheart, he's a man, not a brownstone.”

— Sue Kolinsky, Nicole Avril, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Charlotte: Jack says that I have a fire inside me. Carrie: You tell him they make a cream for that.”

— Jenny Bicks, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Money is power. Sex is power. Therefore, getting money for sex is simply an exchange of power.”

— Jenji Kohan, Samantha Jones, Kim Cattrall, imdb.com

“Carrie: We had such a fantastic connection. Then he leaves me money. I don't understand. What exactly about me screams 'whore'? Miranda: Besides the thousand dollars on the end table?”

— Jenji Kohan, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Men in their forties are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle: tricky, complicated, and you're never really sure you got the right answer.”

— Michael Patrick King, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Everywhere I looked, people were standing in two's. It was like Noah's upper west side rent-controlled ark.”

— Michael Patrick King, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Modelizers are obsessed not with women but with models, who in most cities are safely confined to billboards and magazines, but in Manhattan actually run wild on the streets, turning the city into a virtual model country safari where men can pet the creatures in their natural habitat.”

— Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Charlotte treated marriage like a sorority she was desperately hoping to pledge.”

— Michael Patrick King, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Welcome to the age of un-innocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffany's and no one has affairs to remember.”

— Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“I've done the merry go round. I've been through the revolving door. I feel like I met somebody I can stand still with for a minute and... don't you wanna stand still with me?”

— Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, lovesujeiry.com

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

— Darren Star, Miranda Hobbes, Cynthia Nixon, thoughtcatalog.com

“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.”

— Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, thoughtcatalog.com

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

— Michael Patrick King, Samantha Jones, Kim Cattrall, thoughtcatalog.com

“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.”

— Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, thoughtcatalog.com

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

— Darren Star, Samantha Jones, Kim Cattrall, thoughtcatalog.com

“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.”

— Darren Star, Stanford Blatch, Willie Garson, thoughtcatalog.com