Bridget Jones's Diary
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"Bridget Jones's Diary" Quotes

By Helen Fielding

fiction | 488 pages | Published in 1970

Chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single, thirtysomething woman on a perpetual quest for self-improvement, as she struggles to cope with relationships, weight control, and the other baffling complexities of modern life.

ISBN_10:0141000198
ISBN_13:9780141000190

Quotes

I do feel my life is a bit of a turkey at present—certainly compared to my mother's perfect Christmas turkey, a masterpiece of tender flesh and crispy skin.

Helen Fielding

I love you. Just the way you are.

Helen Fielding

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.

Helen Fielding

V. Good. She’s got brains and looks. Just what I need.

Helen Fielding

Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date? And why […] do the wrong people mess up relationships and friendships and all sorts of other nice things?

Helen Fielding

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.

Helen Fielding

Waiting for someone to love you back feels like waiting for rain in a drought—useless and disappointing.

Helen Fielding

It's not easy being drunk all the time. Everyone would do it if it were easy.

Helen Fielding

I will not be defeated by a bad man and an American stick insect! No, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall never surrender!

Helen Fielding

I am brilliant. And incredibly attractive. And very, very sexy.

Helen Fielding