85 Quotes by Mary Schmich

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    Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.

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    You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

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    Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

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    In twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

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    TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape

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    For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

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