Not Becoming My Mother Quotes

“...in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how to do it.”
― Ruth Reichl, Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

“Go ahead into life, full-blooded, courageous and leap for the adventure. But you must do it soon—before the summer of your youth has cooled off into caution. You are magnificently charming—and you come like a torrent. But you will be spent on the futility of little things. You are not a watercolor. You are carved out of life—and there can be no petty hesitancies about you.”
― Ruth Reichl, For You, Mom. Finally.

“Throughout human history beauty has been seen as a gift from God, but Mom had another notion; she thought that beauty could be earned through self-knowledge. It may be a revolutionary idea, but it has offered me great comfort.”
― Ruth Reichl, Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

“Growing up, I was utterly oblivious to the fact that Mom was teaching me all that. But I was instantly aware of her final lesson, which was hidden in her notes and leters. As I read them I began to understand that in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, Mom showed me that it is never too late to find out how to do it.”
― Ruth Reichl, Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

“In the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy, More important, Mom showed me that it is never too late to find out how to do it.”
― Ruth Reichl, Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way