What Would Jackie Do? Quotes

“Be true to what naturally interests you - and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“Ever theatrical, Jackie also viewed the home as a grand set: a malleable, working stage on which to play out the daily sketches of life...”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“Children grow away from busy parents because busy parents grow way from the children.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“People have too many theories about raising children. I believe simply in love, security, and discipline.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“A little extravagance can be defensible, so long as you buy the right things, appraising them for their payoff potential. Ask yourself ‘can the object, in any way, be construed as a life investment?’ by ‘life investment’ we mean something that will not only appreciate monetarily, but that will also a) save you money in the long-term, or b) grant you status, cultural enrichment, and/or intense pleasure.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“Be very suspicious of anyone who does not have books at home or in the office, or who stammers when you ask them about the last thing they read.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“Don’t waste your time with life diminishing people, seek the company of life enhancing people.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“When Jackie found something she really liked, she’d astutely buy it in several colors.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“A true classicist also keeps up with the times, cycling looks in and around the basics of her wardrobe – things such as trench coats, designer denim, knee boots, and big totes bags – items that invariably return to style time and again.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“If you suffer misfortune … do you damnedest to ignore it. Wallowing in what-might-have-beens and what-could have-happeneds will only keep your emotional wounds festering.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

“She knew enough to take a few steps back from the relationship when things got particularly combustive.”
― Shelly Branch, What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living