Aunt Quote by Mary Schmich

Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.

— Mary Schmich

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

— Mary Schmich

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22…

— Mary Schmich

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

— Mary Schmich

Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm.

— Mary Schmich

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.…

— Mary Schmich

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness…

— Mary Schmich

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to…

— Mary Schmich

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

— Mary Schmich

Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it

— Mary Schmich

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

— Mary Schmich

Barbie is just a doll.

— Mary Schmich