All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls Quotes

“This is true of all of our friends and loved ones. They are our angels. They make us better and stronger, making us believe in everything possible in our lives. They hold us up and implore us to do and be everything we can dream possible for ourselves. When we've lost our dreams, they help us find new ones. They share our laughter and tears, and sometimes even cheesecake.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“As words go, "family" is defined by many different things. It encompasses not just the blood relatives we love but also those with whom we have chosen to spend our time and share our love.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“In their own way, The Golden Girls are heroines. Sophia taught us to speak up and enjoy life. Dorothy encouraged everyone around her to keep learning and to grow as people. Blanche sought the sexual liberation of all mankind. Rose glowed with selflessness and warmth.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“One minute my niece is the most endearing thing on the planet, and in the blink of an eye, she is a rage monster straight from the pits of hell. And she knows, as she stands there looking at you, that you suspect nothing, that you’re too dumb to know what is coming.  ​She smiles that super darling smile. You know, the kind. When out of nowhere, KABLAM! She goes from angel to leader of the demon legions.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“I honestly do not know how the human race has survived as long as it has given that babies are born helpless and two years later are tiny, two-legged monsters.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“Who has the time and emotional wherewithal to actively seek to bar another person from being who they are or living as they want? Most days, I don’t have the energy to get out of my pajamas, let alone lead a crusade to prohibit a percentage of the population from expressing their love.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“Why do humans feel entitled to dictate how or whom somebody else loves? Or even how somebody else should believe, live, or think?”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“The “me, me, me” decade was chock full of killers. Not to mention, there was a cold war raging, terrorists were hijacking planes, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, President Reagan was shot, John Lennon was killed, and Madonna writhed on stage at the inaugural MTV Video Awards. Additionally, we had foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, and Bernie Goetz Though we didn’t start the fire, we had a hell of a time trying to put it out.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“there were more serial killers on the prowl in the U.S. during the 1980s than in any of the decades before it or since.  Seriously, it’s a miracle we made it out alive.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake

“nothing is the same, and we don't have The Golden Girls to get us through it.  No wonder we’re all so depressed.”
― T. Ann Pryor, All I Need to Know I Learned from the Golden Girls: or How the Golden Girls Raised Us On Love, Friendship, and Cheesecake