Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-paced city. And you, naked with nothing but your ideas.Carrie: I get it. But, see, no matter how fast paced the city, I always manage to get my clothes on before I leave the apartment.

Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.

It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda]

The only thing that I have ever successfully made in the kitchen is a mess. And several little fires. [Carrie]

Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.

You shouldn't have to sacrifice who you are just because somebody else has a problem with it.