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> [“She knew better: when artistry seems most elusive is when you must focus, dig deep, and force yourself to think about how to give form to an idea that seems too vague to express.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/she-knew-better-when-artistry-seems-most-elusive-is-when-you-must/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

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## More by Maryanne O'Hara

> [“So many people came into your life, and they were such a part of the everyday that it was impossible to imagine them gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/so-many-people-came-into-your-life-and-they-were-such-a-part-of-the/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“I do urge you to welcome children. Even one child will make a difference in your life that you cannot fathom. I promise you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/i-do-urge-you-to-welcome-children-even-one-child-will-make-a/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“Already, with the city behind them, New York didn't feel quite real. As if reality only existed where she existed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/already-with-the-city-behind-them-new-york-didn-t-feel-quite-real-as/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“Isn't it strange, Dez, that we never see certain parts of ourselves? Our backs, our lungs, our hearts. We never know what it really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/isn-t-it-strange-dez-that-we-never-see-certain-parts-of-ourselves-our/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“Life is full of tough choices between less-than-perfect alternatives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/life-is-full-of-tough-choices-between-less-than-perfect-alternatives/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“Maybe all men should have to fight for something sometime in their lives. I'm thirty-three years old and I've never had to fight for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/maybe-all-men-should-have-to-fight-for-something-sometime-in-their/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“She knew better: when artistry seems most elusive is when you must focus, dig deep, and force yourself to think about how to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/she-knew-better-when-artistry-seems-most-elusive-is-when-you-must/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“Now was not the time to be sentimental. As a child, she'd been ridiculously sentimental about loss, about time passing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/now-was-not-the-time-to-be-sentimental-as-a-child-she-d-been/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“You want, you want, you want; when you're so lucky to have, to have, to have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/you-want-you-want-you-want-when-you-re-so-lucky-to-have-to-have-to/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“She gave in to a hankering for a cup of tea even though she knew that the idea of a cup of tea-sitting still,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/she-gave-in-to-a-hankering-for-a-cup-of-tea-even-though-she-knew-that/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

> [“No, normalcy is taken for granted until it's gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-o-hara/no-normalcy-is-taken-for-granted-until-it-s-gone/)

[Maryanne O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-o-hara/)

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