Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I am so not a pageant girl, but I signed up for the Miss Junior Florida contest because I thought it would be good experience. ”

I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading. ”

I have been in an experience where I thought everything that I had hoped for in my life was taken away from me, and I had to redefine what mattered. ”

You can always do something that can make you feel good about your life despite what you're going through. ”

That is the thing that I was scared of - that I would know intellectually that there's something to glean out of life, but that I would be so broken that I wouldn't care. ”

I have a great amount of respect for life, and I always think that no matter how bad situations get, you can always make something out of it. ”

Before Italy, I had a happy life. ”

I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes. ”

I have such a lovely life and I just never imagined that I would miscarry a baby. ”

I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun. ”