Unfinished Quotes

“We can't choose the family we were born into. But we can choose our actions. We all want to take care of the people we are closest to, those sitting at our table. But is there a world in which those who are blessed with more might build a larger table rather than building a higher fence?”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished

“For me, one of the hardest things to accept in life is that control is an illusion. I hate that I can’t control what happens in my life, but I can’t. Loss happens. Failure happens. Sorrow happens. I can’t always control where I’m headed, either. Sometimes sadness is the destination, whether or not it’s where I want to go. During my time there I had to learn to trust that I was visiting for a reason, but that it would not be my permanent place of residence, my forever state of being. That, like water, I would flow past it eventually and end up where I was meant to be.”
― Priyanka Chopra, Unfinished

“I hope that whatever I have learned along the way, from fellow passengers, from my efforts and my own mistakes, can contribute to your journey, too. Because as I have discovered, if you’re willing to be a student of life, the possibilities are endless.”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished

“Own your choices. Have the courage of conviction.”
― Priyanka Chopra, Unfinished

“I have always felt that life is a solitary journey, that we are each on a train, riding through our hours, our days, our years. We get on alone, we leave alone, and the decisions we make as we travel on the train are our responsibility alone. Along the way, different people—the family we are born to and the family we choose, the friends we meet, those we come to love and who come to love us—get on and off the cars of our train. We are travelers, always moving, always in flux, and so are our fellow passengers. Our time riding together is fleeting, but it’s everything—because the time together is what brings us love, joy, connection.”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished: A Memoir

“When I wasn’t feeling numb, I felt lonely, sad, and isolated. No one understood what was going on inside me, because I didn’t tell anyone.”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished: A Memoir

“From now on, if I was going to be an anomaly, I was going to be the shiniest damn anomaly around. I had no idea if I could pull off that sort of attitude or not, but I was sure as hell going to try.”
― Priyanka Chopra, Unfinished

“Had my professional do-my-best attitude somehow bled into my private behavior? Was my reluctance to end a relationship I hadn’t been happy in for some time related to a fear that I hadn’t done my best to make it work? That I hadn’t done absolutely everything in my power, in fact?”
― Priyanka Chopra, Unfinished

“Short version: Own your choices. Or, as my mother must have told me hundreds of times growing up, “have courage of conviction.”
― Priyanka Chopra , Unfinished

“Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection. RABINDRANATH TAGORE”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished: A Memoir

“Privilege and responsibility go hand in hand.”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished: A Memoir

“New York was almost poetic in its frenzy—almost like a global India.”
― Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Unfinished