“And what a joy it was! she thought, looking out the window… to be on her own in the world, free. Why did the world never tell women about this kind of happiness? The feeling might not last, but it didn’t matter. What was important was to experience everything in life, the struggles and the sadness, and the dizzying triumphs. And if you worked really hard, and believed in yourself, and were willing to experience pain and fear (clichés, of course, but they were true), you might get really lucky and have a night like tonight. Anything could happen in life, she thought; anything could happen to anyone, and sometimes it was good.

You just had to believe that it could happen to you.”

- Lipstick Jungle, page 300. 

Thanks Kristina :) It’s beautiful, and made especially perfect by being in New York.