I Liked My Life Quotes

“Practice love, compassion and forgiveness. Anger is nothing but an anchor that keeps you from moving forward.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“You don't always get to know what happened, or why things happened a certain way, but it always, always, goes deeper than any one thing.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“MADDY’S TRUTHS Make room for who you are by knowing who you’re not. Smile all the time, at everyone, without exception: when you’re happy it will be contagious, and when you’re angry it will drive the person you’re mad at bonkers. Blow-dry before lipstick. Counters before sweeping. Water before dinner. To hell with what everyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it. Don’t stay out past one a.m.—nobody is proud of the stories born later than that. Plans contingent on perfection fail. It’s dangerous to fight who you are. The stupidest thing you can do is believe your own bullshit, but you probably will every once in a while. Flowery perfume smells like a cover-up. Don’t have a room your kids can’t play in or a couch your kids can’t sit on; it’s their house too. If you don’t know what to say, say, “I don’t know what to say.” If you mess up, say, “I messed up.” If you need help, say, “I need help.” Never count on any one thing. Don’t confuse wanting to have sex and rent movies with someone for wanting to marry him. Never buy button-fly jeans—they aren’t flattering on anyone ever.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“we’re given the gift of life with the consequence of death. I think it’d be a mistake to focus on the consequence instead of the gift.” That”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Loving a person doesn’t make them who you desire; it makes you vulnerable to their reality.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“In the argument over whether knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss, it seems I've always come down on the side of ignorance. And when that's the side you fall on, you don't realize it until it's too late.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Make room for who you are by knowing who you’re not.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Every new death brings back the full weight of those already gone.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“She referred to the library, any library, as a sanctuary. She made a point of visiting them when we were on vacation, as though they were a common tourist attraction. The only time I ever heard her talk politics was when she found out Laura Bush was a librarian. She was so excited. “Think of how much funding they’ll get,” she gushed.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“She always told me, “When the world gives you a hard time, pick up a book and join another.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“we don’t come into this world all-knowing. That’s what life is for.” Brady”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“love, compassion, and forgiveness are capacities you have to actively engage because experiences will strip you of them if you aren’t careful. I”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“plant yourself in a place that gives you room to grow; let the light in; everyone needs help to survive; have patience. The”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Keep in mind that if you never answer the door, people will stop knocking.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“On any given day the loss feels different.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Maddy once shared this whole working theory about professional men who spend the day building an empire and ego at work, then come home assuming they deserve the same status, despite the fact that it’s a different audience.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Perhaps we all offer what we can, until we can’t, and then our loved ones step up or have others step in. Perhaps death exists to challenge the people left behind. Brady”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“... the most important approval to earn in this life is your own.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“that nothing will ever make sense again, but we still need to seek goodness wherever we go. She”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“You only confuse hope with power once in life.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“My husband has never been one to catch the subtleties of a situation. He called every Valentine's Day to ask if I wanted him to stop on the way home to get a card. Every year I said no, don't bother, and he'd say something like, "Okay, but I want to go on record I asked, so you can't say I'm not romantic." I never did point out that any chance the gesture had of being romantic was lost when he asked whether he had to do it.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“When the world gives you a hard time, pick up a book and join another.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Death doesn't wait to be convenient. And when you're older, you'll look back and see that life doesn't either.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Never complaining, I recently learned, is different from having no complaints.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“It's amazing what can happen when someone who learns to learn from pain”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“There are so many things I dare not say I have quietly stopped being me.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“the most important approval to earn in this life is your own. Your”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“I know all about human suffering, but I can’t imagine a world without humor. It’s one of the most important tools we have.” I”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Perspective makes you asshole-proof. The two are mutually exclusive. And as long as you’re not an asshole, you can find people to love you, and as long as you’re loved, you can be happy.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life