Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. -Mary Schmich Jealousy
A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing. -Mary Schmich Fear
Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. -Mary Schmich Art
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 I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation. -Mary Schmich Death
You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same. -Mary Schmich Movies
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. -Mary Schmich Movies
