Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.
Mary Schmich

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.
Mary Schmich

Barbie is just a doll.
Mary Schmich

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.
Mary Schmich

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.
Mary Schmich

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Mary Schmich

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
Mary Schmich

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.
Mary Schmich