Quotes from This One is Mine

“She didn’t trust people who didn’t like garlic, especially big fried pieces.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“I have a high tolerance for pain, but a low tolerance for discomfort.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“My problems are all problems I’m lucky to have. And I know it, so therein lies the rub.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“But once Violet saw the inheret sadness in one thing, she couldn't stop.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“Love wouldn’t make being a mother any less boring or draining or bewildering.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“In order to make the April mortgage, Kurt had been forced to sell all his CDs, disconnect his Internet, and never set foot in a Jamba Juice.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“so am I. I have stumbled enough. I am forgiven. I am abundant. I am certainly insouciant. I’m not your tar baby. You’re the star, baby. Love the lucky well. MARIA SEMPLE wrote for television shows including Arrested Development, Mad About You, and Ellen. She has escaped from Los Angeles and lives with her family on an island off Seattle. This is her first”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“I think it was Oscar Wilde who said, You wouldn’t care about what other people thought about you if you realized how seldom they actually did.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

“She didn’t care if other children grew up to the Wiggles or Dan Zanes. Hers would adore Sondheim.”
― Maria Semple, quote from This One is Mine

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