Happy to me is not what I thought happy was. Happy is actually better, because it includes room for sadness. A definition of success must leave room for failure, because it's part of it. — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
I think that if you want help from somebody, you ask. You ask not expecting anyone to give it to you, unless it is… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
In the short term, it absolutely feels devastating to break a bond of friendship. In the long term, it is the best possible thing.… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
I do not, right now in this moment today, want to be married. After entertaining proposals, researching the cost of a wedding, and looking… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
When I go to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, they have wonderful topiary in the shapes of characters. I apply the principle… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
The biggest strength is being able to have perspective. Get the distance, and it enables you to be able to laugh at yourself. — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
“I'm a young woman who subverts the conventionally accepted gender paradigm because I refuse to conform.” — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
One of the best practices in the manual of human existence is to assist people who need help when you can safely do so.… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
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… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
