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“As women glide from their twenties to thirties, Shazzer argues, the balance of power subtly shifts. Even the most outrageous minxes lose their nerve, wrestling with the first twinges of existential angst: fears of dying alone and being found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian.” WomenPowerHumourTwentiesAngstThirties Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.” HumourHeathcliffMr DarcyWuthering HeightsSnooty Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Why, when people are leaving their partners because they're having an affair with someone else, do they think it will seem better to pretend there is no one else involved? Do they think it will be less hurtful for their partners to think they just walked out because they couldn't stand them any more and then had the good fortune to meet some tall Omar Sharif-figure with a gentleman's handbag two weeks afterwards while the ex-partner is spending his evenings bursting into tears at the sight of the toothbrush mug? It's like those people who invent a lie as an excuse rather than the truth, even when the truth is better than the lie.” LoveLies Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“the nation's young men have been proved by surveys to be completely unmarriageable, and as a result there's a whole generation of single girls like me with their own incomes and homes who have lots of fun and don't need to wash anyone else's socks.” MarriageBoysSingle Woman Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“It's all chop-change chop-change with you. Either go out with me and treat me nicely, or leave me alone. As I say, I am not interested in fuckwittage.” LoveFunnyRelationshipsDatingNo NonsenseBridget Jones Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss” RomanceRelationshipsHearbreak Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“I mean, I haven't rushed to the answerphone once to see if anyone's aware of my existence in the world!” WorldAloneBridget JonesMark Darcy Book:Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Source: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
“When he's hot, he's hot; when he's not, he's not. But at least there is always food” FoodBridget Jones Book:Mad About the Boy Source: Mad About the Boy
“I looked at him nonplussed. I realized that I have spent so many years being on a diet that the idea that you might actually need calories to survive has been completely wiped out of my consciousness. Have reached point where believe nutritional ideal is to eat nothing at all, and that the only reason people eat is because they are so greedy they cannot stop themselves from breaking out and ruining their diets.” Self EsteemSelf AwarenessNutritionWeight LossSurviveCaloriesDieting Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Rules for Living by Olivia Joules 14) Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. and then the new one from Elsie, added at the bottom: 15) Don't regret anything. Remember there wasn't anything else that could have happened, given who you were and the state of the world at that moment. The only thing you can change is the present, so learn from the past.” PastRegretPresent Book:Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination Source: Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination
“Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.” SocietyGay PeopleBondingSingle WomenFreaksThirties Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Keep thinking back about what Mum said about being real and the Velveteen Rabbit book (though frankly have had enough trouble with rabbits in this particular house). My favorite book, she claims of which I have no memory was about how little kids get one toy that they love more than all the others, and even when its fur has been rubbed off, and it's gone saggy with bits missing, the little child still thinks it's the most beautiful toy in the world, and can't bear to be parted from it. That's how it works, when people really love each other, Mum whispered on the way out in the Debenhams lift, as if she was confessing some hideous and embarrassing secret. But, the thing is, darling, it doesn't happen to ones who have sharp edges, or break if they get dropped, or ones made of silly synthetic stuff that doesn't last. You have to be brave and let the other person know who you are and what you feel.” Be YourselfVelveteen Rabbit Book:Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Source: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
“One minute you're closer to someone than anyone in the whole world, next minute they need only to say the words 'time apart', 'serious talk' or 'maybe you...' and you're never going to see them again and will have to spend the next six months having imaginary conversations in which they beg to come back, and bursting into tears at the sight of their toothbrush.” LoveRelationshipDiaryBridget JonesMark Darcy Book:Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Source: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
“Funny how at twenty-five you worry about not being taken seriously and take being a sex object for granted. Later you take being taken seriously for granted, and worry about not being a sex object.” Growing OlderSex Object Book:Cause Celeb Source: Cause Celeb
“The worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end , the whole sum of parts which adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love.” Love QuotesRelationships QuotesBridget Jones Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love. How can you not be left with the personal confidence of a passed over British Rail sandwich?” HumorBreak UpsHumor RelationshipsBridget Jones Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s 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.” MenLoveRelationships Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary
“It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.” Humor Book:Bridget Jones’s Diary Source: Bridget Jones’s Diary