Helen Fielding quotes

Helen Fielding is a British author and screenwriter, best known for creating the character Bridget Jones. Her humorous novels have become cultural classics, capturing the lives and struggles of modern women. She continues to influence contemporary literature and popular culture. Here are 41 of her quotes:

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

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It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.

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Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss.

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Valentine's Day purely commercial, cynical enterprise, anyway. Matter of supreme indifference to me.

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Don't say 'what,' say 'pardon,' darling, and do as your mother tells you.

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I'm no good at anything. Not men. Not social skills. Not work. Nothing.

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One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.

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I like you very much. Just as you are.

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When someone loves you it's like having a blanket all round your heart...

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Oh God, what's wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out?

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I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef dripping.

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In the end there is nothing more unattractive to men than radical feminism.

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It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra.

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Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.

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.. we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.

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I will not get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen.

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But if you are single the last thing you want is your best friend forming a functional relationship with somebody else.

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I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat chip sandwiches: white bread, butter, tomato catsup and big fat french fries. It's delicious. Here, you order a creme caramel and the waiter says, 'You know, that contains dairy.'

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I am a child of Cosmopolitan culture, have been traumatized by supermodels and too many quizzes and know that neither my personality nor my body is up to it if left to its own devices. I can't take the pressure.

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Eventually, I manage to cheer Mum up by allowing her to go through my wardrobe and criticize all my clothes...

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Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

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My books have all generated controversy.

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