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> [In the short term, it absolutely feels devastating to break a bond of friendship. In the long term, it is the best possible thing. You're actually doing something noble and good if you do it in the right way. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/in-the-short-term-it-absolutely-feels-devastating-to-break-a-bond-of/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

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## More by Sara Benincasa

> [I used to think that having lots of friends meant that you were happy. That's really not true. Having the right friends means that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/i-used-to-think-that-having-lots-of-friends-meant-that-you-were-happy/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [It's like there's this knowledge hanging in the air that one person has more power than the other, and we're supposed to pretend everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/it-s-like-there-s-this-knowledge-hanging-in-the-air-that-one-person/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [The world will not give you an endowment for your finger-painting. Your finger-painting may be marvelous, but our government and society do not value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/the-world-will-not-give-you-an-endowment-for-your-finger-painting/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [I think that if you want help from somebody, you ask. You ask not expecting anyone to give it to you, unless it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/i-think-that-if-you-want-help-from-somebody-you-ask-you-ask-not/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [In the short term, it absolutely feels devastating to break a bond of friendship. In the long term, it is the best possible thing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/in-the-short-term-it-absolutely-feels-devastating-to-break-a-bond-of/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [I do not, right now in this moment today, want to be married. After entertaining proposals, researching the cost of a wedding, and looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/i-do-not-right-now-in-this-moment-today-want-to-be-married-after/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [When I go to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, they have wonderful topiary in the shapes of characters. I apply the principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/when-i-go-to-the-magic-kingdom-at-walt-disney-world-they-have/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [Most people don't want to work with liars. They'll work with a liar if the liar makes them money and gives them credit, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/most-people-don-t-want-to-work-with-liars-they-ll-work-with-a-liar-if/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [When you're disappointed romantically - when people evolve or they move on, when somebody doesn't love you in the same way anymore or you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/when-you-re-disappointed-romantically-when-people-evolve-or-they-move/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [It's time to hand back responsibility for being an adult to everyone in the situation. You're not helping anybody by staying in a romantic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/it-s-time-to-hand-back-responsibility-for-being-an-adult-to-everyone/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [If you buy my book at Walmart, I don't want you to read it. I want you to set it on fire. Because that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/if-you-buy-my-book-at-walmart-i-don-t-want-you-to-read-it-i-want-you/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [The biggest strength is being able to have perspective. Get the distance, and it enables you to be able to laugh at yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/the-biggest-strength-is-being-able-to-have-perspective-get-the/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [“I'm a young woman who subverts the conventionally accepted gender paradigm because I refuse to conform.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/i-m-a-young-woman-who-subverts-the-conventionally-accepted-gender/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [One of the best practices in the manual of human existence is to assist people who need help when you can safely do so.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/one-of-the-best-practices-in-the-manual-of-human-existence-is-to/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

> [What I really wanted wasn't what I thought I was supposed to want. It wasn't what people had told me I should want or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-benincasa/what-i-really-wanted-wasn-t-what-i-thought-i-was-supposed-to-want-it/)

[Sara Benincasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-benincasa/)

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