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> [“But I know I didn't love school for school's sake. I had never really been what people call an 'academic' person, nor did I see myself becoming one. Instead, I took pleasure in the fact that my work existed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/but-i-know-i-didn-t-love-school-for-school-s-sake-i-had-never-really/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

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## More by Liz Murray

> [“Life has a way of doing that; one minute everything makes sense, the next, things change. People get sick. Families break apart, your friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/life-has-a-way-of-doing-that-one-minute-everything-makes-sense-the/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“Things turning around for me had been the result of my focusing on the few areas in life I could change, and surrendering to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/things-turning-around-for-me-had-been-the-result-of-my-focusing-on/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [There was just so much attention that got focused on my story, and what that created was an opportunity for me to share what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/there-was-just-so-much-attention-that-got-focused-on-my-story-and/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“Wherever you go, you'll make the best of things. Look at your life, you already have... That's why I know you'll be all right...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/wherever-you-go-you-ll-make-the-best-of-things-look-at-your-life-you/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“I think his paintings are cathartic for him,” she said. “After you experience trauma that deep, you need to do something to heal. Something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/i-think-his-paintings-are-cathartic-for-him-she-said-after-you/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“Since as far back as I could remember, I'd felt that Lisa's responses toward me usually bordered on the brink of hostility. Years later,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/since-as-far-back-as-i-could-remember-i-d-felt-that-lisa-s-responses/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“Dream, but don't sleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/dream-but-don-t-sleep/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“It's not that we didn't love one another- we did. I just think we didn't know how to be with one another anymore. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/it-s-not-that-we-didn-t-love-one-another-we-did-i-just-think-we-didn/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [ “Making these choices \[to attend school instead of skipping\], as it turned out, wasn't about willpower. I always admired people who “willed” themselves to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/making-these-choices-to-attend-school-instead-of-skipping-as-it/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until you're already doing it,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/i-ve-learned-in-my-life-that-you-really-don-t-know-what-s-possible/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls with behavioural problems were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/shortly-after-i-turned-13-child-welfare-took-me-into-care-i-was-sent/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/i-realized-eventually-that-when-i-ran-out-of-places-to-stay-and-found/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [As well as being blind, Ma turned out to have the same mental illness that her mother had had. Between 1986 and 1990, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/as-well-as-being-blind-ma-turned-out-to-have-the-same-mental-illness/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“That’s when I realized that sex was not necessarily a shared thing. Sex was something you do with someone else, yet you can experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/that-s-when-i-realized-that-sex-was-not-necessarily-a-shared-thing/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

> [“for years, maybe for my whole life, it felt as though there was a brick wall down the middle of everything. Standing outside those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/for-years-maybe-for-my-whole-life-it-felt-as-though-there-was-a-brick/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

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