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This One Is Mine QUOTES

This One Is Mine QUOTES

1 " I have a high tolerance for pain, but a low tolerance for discomfort. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

2 " She didn’t trust people who didn’t like garlic, especially big fried pieces. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

3 " Love wouldn’t make being a mother any less boring or draining or bewildering. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

4 " My problems are all problems I’m lucky to have. And I know it, so therein lies the rub. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

5 " But once Violet saw the inherent sadness in one thing, she couldn't stop. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

6 " As Violet had put it, You can’t secretly abort your husband’s baby because you think he’s retarded and expect to stay happily married. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

7 " You’re always sorry. You’re always grateful. You hold her thinking, “I’m not alone.” You’re still alone. . . . You’re sorry-grateful Regretful-happy. Why look for answers Where none occur? You’ll always be What you always were, Which has nothing to do with, All to do with her. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

8 " In order to make the April mortgage, Kurt had been forced to sell all his CDs, disconnect his Internet, and never set foot in a Jamba Juice. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

9 " so am I. I have stumbled enough. I am forgiven. I am abundant. I am certainly insouciant. I’m not your tar baby. You’re the star, baby. Love the lucky well. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

10 " I think it was Oscar Wilde who said, You wouldn’t care about what other people thought about you if you realized how seldom they actually did. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine

11 " She didn’t care if other children grew up to the Wiggles or Dan Zanes. Hers would adore Sondheim. "

― Maria Semple , This One Is Mine