Candace Bushnell Quotes

And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?

Letters are the real curse of my existence. I hate to write them: I have to. If I don't, there they are - the great guilty gates barring my way.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks

Fear is the mother of morality.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking.

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.

We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?

It’s a good thing when you don’t dare do something if you don’t think it’s right. But it’s not good when you think something’s not right because you don’t dare do it.

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.

Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it.

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.

But I still feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, 'alright sucker, now what?'

A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.

The truth is that not yet usually means never. Trying to run away from the responsibility to decide about Christ is childish. Pilate sought to refuse responsibility for deciding about Christ, but Pilate's hands were never dirtier than just after he had washed them.

In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

You know, as I've grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don't think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

We do the best we can," she said softly, looking inward. "And punish ourselves for it. I've tried to make my choices with the idea that I've made those choices for the greatest good. Sometimes someone suffers in the process, but I made the decision for the right reason. That should count for something, shouldn't it?

My most pronounced writing habit is trying not to write.