85 Quotes by Mary Schmich

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.

One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world's largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.