Mary Schmich – Quotes Crazy

Dont expect anyone else to support you. Maybe youll have a trust fund. Maybe youll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out. – Mary Schmich

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two peoples maps will be the same. – Mary Schmich

Dont waste time on jealousy. Sometimes youre ahead, sometimes youre behind. – Mary Schmich

A line from one of my 1997 columns – Do one thing every day that scares you – is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I dont believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing. – Mary Schmich

Heres a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You cant anticipate how youll feel afterward. People will tell you a few may be close to right, none exactly right. – Mary Schmich

I couldnt have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mothers 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. – Mary Schmich

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when. – Mary Schmich

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

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

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