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> [“Strive to be all good, but know that you are not,” I said. “Try to enjoy every day, but know that you will not. Try to forgive others and yourself. Forget the bad stuff, remember the good. Eat cookies, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/strive-to-be-all-good-but-know-that-you-are-not-i-said-try-to-enjoy/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

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## More by Michelle Richmond

> [“I understand how families become estranged, not by design, but by embarrassment. You come to a point when so much time has passed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-understand-how-families-become-estranged-not-by-design-but-by/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“I never expected to find myself here, on the edge of the continent--childless, possibly jobless, with broken bones and a broken marriage, citizen of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-never-expected-to-find-myself-here-on-the-edge-of-the-continent/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“I guess I'm just stuck on the idea that there's this monumental machine, and we're all part of it. Most of the time, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-guess-i-m-just-stuck-on-the-idea-that-there-s-this-monumental/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“I already have a son One is enough? There was a time when I dreamt of having three or four but I rather failed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-already-have-a-son-one-is-enough-there-was-a-time-when-i-dreamt-of/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“As the years progress and we experience more and more, the mini-narratives that make up our lives are distorted, corrupted, so that every one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/as-the-years-progress-and-we-experience-more-and-more-the-mini/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [Every story is flawed, every story is subject to change. Even after it is set down to print, between covers of a book, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/every-story-is-flawed-every-story-is-subject-to-change-even-after-it/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/some-people-have-a-gift-for-making-you-feel-okay-just-by-the-fact-of/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“I've thought far more about marriage in recent months than I ever did before. What is the marriage contract? The general assumption we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-ve-thought-far-more-about-marriage-in-recent-months-than-i-ever-did/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“Technical speaking one is a beautiful number. One is its own factorial, its own square, its own cube. It is neither a prime number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/technical-speaking-one-is-a-beautiful-number-one-is-its-own-factorial/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [With Amaryllis in Blueberry, Christina Meldrum has woven a beautifully layered, intensely emotional story, with unforgettable characters whose voices will remain with you long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/with-amaryllis-in-blueberry-christina-meldrum-has-woven-a-beautifully/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“Whenever I feel old—which seems to be happening more and more often these days—Alice tells me to imagine taking a picture of myself, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/whenever-i-feel-old-which-seems-to-be-happening-more-and-more-often/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/history-is-made-not-of-facts-set-in-stone-but-of-the-stories-we-tell/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [“I asked her to tell me what the best moment of her life had been Did she? Yes, she told me about a trip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-asked-her-to-tell-me-what-the-best-moment-of-her-life-had-been-did/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/to-be-a-writer-you-have-to-write-and-no-academic-degree-is-going-to/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

> [I have a hunch that our obsession with photography arises from an unspoken pessimism; it is our nature to believe the good things will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/i-have-a-hunch-that-our-obsession-with-photography-arises-from-an/)

[Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/)

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