Like many women my age, I am 28 years old. – 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
For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation. – Mary Schmich
You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two peoples maps will be the same. – 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
I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didnt think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. – Hugh Laurie