Absolutely Almost Quotes

“Everyone deserves a sad day once in a while,” Calista told me. “Sometimes things are too big for cheering up. Sometimes the best way to make things better is just to let yourself be sad for a little bit.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“You can’t get where you’re going without being where you’ve been.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“You should do something because you love it, not just because you’re good at it.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“Some people aren't good at anything. Some people just really like donuts.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“And you couldn’t be anywhere at all without having been almost there for a while.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“Find something you’d want to keep doing forever,” she said, “even if you stink at it. And then if you’re lucky, with lots of practice, then one day you won’t stink so much.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“I wondered what getting an A would feel like. The best feeling in the world, probably. Like going to a Yankees game with your dad and eating three hot dogs with extra everything.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

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― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“You couldn't get where you were going without knowing where you'd been.
And you couldn't be anywhere at all without having been almost there for a while.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“You can't get where you're going without being where you've been.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“I don't know why I'm always screwing up at everything, even when I try so hard, all the time, not to. I'd do better if I could, I really would. But I don't know how.
There are a lot of things I don't know.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“Why the hell not?”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“Find something you want to keep doing forever even if you stink at it. And then if you're lucky with lost of practice, then one day you won't stink so much.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“I think the hard thing for you Abbie is not going to be getting what you want in life but figuring out what that is. Once you know what you want - really truly- I know you'll get it.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost