Helen Fielding Quotes

Quotes about:

• 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.

  Helen Fielding

  Relationship, Sex, Heart

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

  48 Copy quote

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

  Helen Fielding

  Goal, Doe, Wealth

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.16, Pan Macmillan

  13 Copy quote

• I like you very much. Just as you are.

  Helen Fielding

  I Like You, Romantic Love, Movie Love

  "Bridget Jones's Diary". www.imdb.com. 2001.

  13 Copy quote

• No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you.

  Helen Fielding

  Thinking About You, Thinking, Like You

  Helen Fielding (2009). “Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination”, p.12, Pan Macmillan

  9 Copy quote

• On social media people tend to show off, and post their most attractive picture, and moments that are most likely to give everyone else FOMO (Fear of Missing out). They rarely share the moments when they feel down, or when things have gone wrong and they need support.

  Helen Fielding

  Media, People, Giving

  "Helen Fielding on 'Bridget Jones's Baby'". Interview With Seira Wilson, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 7, 2016.

  7 Copy quote

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

  Helen Fielding

  Love You, Heart, Blanket

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.51, Pan Macmillan

  27 Copy quote

• Reminded of favorite poem by Wendy Cope which goes: At Christmas little children sing and merry bells jingle. The cold winter air makes our hands and faces tingle. And happy families go to church and cheerily they mingle, And the whole business is unbelievably dreadful if you're single.

  Helen Fielding

  Children, Winter, Air

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.177, Pan Macmillan

  9 Copy quote

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

  Helen Fielding

  Pride, Loss, Reflection

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.121, Pan Macmillan

  11 Copy quote

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

  Helen Fielding

  Men, Substance, Oneself

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.27, Pan Macmillan

  10 Copy quote

• The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human spectrum. Once you have conquered all your sins, pride is the one which will conquer you. A man starts off deciding he is a good man because he makes good decisions. Next thing, he's convinced that whatever decision he makes must be good because he's a good man. Most of the wars in the world are caused by people who think they have god on their side. Always stick with people who know they are flawed and ridiculous.

  Helen Fielding

  War, Pride, Men

  11 Copy quote

• It seems wrong and unfair that Christmas, with its stressful and unmanageable financial and emotional challenges, should first be forced upon one wholly against one's will, then rudely snatched away just when one is starting to get into it. Was really beginning to enjoy the feeling that normal service was suspended and it was OK to lie in bed as long as you want, put anything you fancy into your mouth, and drink alcohol whenever it should chance to pass your way, even in the mornings. Now suddenly we are all supposed to snap into self-discipline like lean teenage greyhounds.

  Helen Fielding

  Morning, Teenage, Lying

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.19, Pan Macmillan

  8 Copy quote

• I hate Christmas. Everything is designed for families, romance, warmth, emotion and presents, and if you have no boyfriend, no money, your mother is going out with a missing Portuguese criminal and your friends don't want to be your friend anymore, it makes you want to emigrate to a vicious Muslim regime, where at least all the women are treated like social outcasts. Anyway, I don't care. I am going to quietly read a book all weekend and listen to classical music.

  Helen Fielding

  Mother, Hate, Book

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.175, Pan Macmillan

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Helen Fielding

  Sight, Tears, Needs

  16 Copy quote

• 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

  Party, Garden, Tree

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

  14 Copy quote

• It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.

  Helen Fielding

  Sometimes, Deals, Needed

  Helen Fielding (2012). “Cause Celeb”, p.127, Pan Macmillan

  14 Copy quote

• Oh, God, I'm so lonely. An entire weekend streching ahead with no one to love or have fun with. Anyway, I don't care. I've got a lovely steamed ginger pudding from M&S to put in the microwave.

  Helen Fielding

  Lonely, Fun, Weekend

  6 Copy quote

• It's amazing how much time and money can be saved in the world of dating by close attention to detail. A white sock here, a pair of red braces there, a gray slip-on shoe, a swastika, are as often as not all one needs to tell you there's no point in writing down phone numbers and forking out for expensive lunches because it's never going to be a runner.

  Helen Fielding

  Writing, Shoes, Lunch

  Bridget Jones's Diary "January" (1996)

  5 Copy quote

• 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?

  Helen Fielding

  Missing, Together, Add

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.122, Pan Macmillan

  8 Copy quote

• 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.

  Helen Fielding

  Parent, Freak, Single Women

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.22, Pan Macmillan

  8 Copy quote

• I am brave, though I am alone.

  Helen Fielding

  Brave

  4 Copy quote

• 9p.m. My flat. Feel very strange and empty. Is all very well thinking everything is going to be different when you come back but then it is all the same. Suppose I have to make it different. But what am I going to do with my life? I know. Will eat some cheese.

  Helen Fielding

  Thinking, Different, Cheese

  4 Copy quote

• Though with Bridget Jones's Baby: the Diaries, I'd like to make it clear that I did not ever get pregnant by two men.

  Helen Fielding

  Baby, Men, Two

  "Helen Fielding on 'Bridget Jones's Baby'". Interview with Seira Wilson, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 7, 2016.

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Helen Fielding

  White, Beef, Tomatoes

  "Chat with author Helen Fielding". Live chat, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2000.

  7 Copy quote

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

  Helen Fielding

  Serious, Comedy, Painful

  7 Copy quote

• My books have all generated controversy.

  Helen Fielding

  Book, Controversy

  4 Copy quote

Page 1 of 4

← Prev

1

2

3

4

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin