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> [“Well now I know I can control my tongue, my temper & my appetites, but that's it. I have no effect on weather, traffic or luck. I can't make good things happen; I can't keep anybody safe; I can't influence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/well-now-i-know-i-can-control-my-tongue-my-temper-my-appetites-but/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

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## More by Abigail Thomas

> [“The past is in the wastebasket.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/the-past-is-in-the-wastebasket/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Forget career, forget the future, forget existential worries, just get yourselves a couple of dogs, and everything will be all right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/forget-career-forget-the-future-forget-existential-worries-just-get/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“There are those people who can eat one piece of chocolate, one piece of cake, drink one glass of wine. There are even people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/there-are-those-people-who-can-eat-one-piece-of-chocolate-one-piece/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“There is nothing like calamity for refreshing the moment. Ironically, the last several years my life had begun to feel shapeless, like underwear with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/there-is-nothing-like-calamity-for-refreshing-the-moment-ironically/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Part of what I've learned is that if it isn't life and death, it isn't life and death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/part-of-what-i-ve-learned-is-that-if-it-isn-t-life-and-death-it-isn-t/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“He is wearing an old overcoat from the Salvation Army in Easton, Pennsylvania. It cost five bucks ten years ago, Louise remembers. Henry is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/he-is-wearing-an-old-overcoat-from-the-salvation-army-in-easton/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Take any ten years of your life, reduce them to two pages, and every sentence has to be three words long. It's a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/take-any-ten-years-of-your-life-reduce-them-to-two-pages-and-every/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Is memory property? If two people remember something differently is one of them wrong?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/is-memory-property-if-two-people-remember-something-differently-is/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Good things happen slowly,” said a doctor in the ICU months ago, “and bad things happen fast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/good-things-happen-slowly-said-a-doctor-in-the-icu-months-ago-and-bad/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“A friend's mother ate nothing but clams for six months. Morning, noon, and night, nothing but clams. 'I don't know what it is -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/a-friend-s-mother-ate-nothing-but-clams-for-six-months-morning-noon/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“...but they were writers and writers suggest things just to see what happens next.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/but-they-were-writers-and-writers-suggest-things-just-to-see-what/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“For better or for worse, but not for lunch,...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/for-better-or-for-worse-but-not-for-lunch/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“She would (if she could) put her arm around the girl she'd been and try to tell her Take it easy, but the girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/she-would-if-she-could-put-her-arm-around-the-girl-she-d-been-and-try/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Well now I know I can control my tongue, my temper & my appetites, but that's it. I have no effect on weather, traffic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/well-now-i-know-i-can-control-my-tongue-my-temper-my-appetites-but/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

> [“Shopping is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-thomas/shopping-is-hope/)

[Abigail Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-thomas/)

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