On December 27th, 2016, Carrie Fisher, an icon passed away. She was known as being Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, but she was more than that. She was a mental health advocate, an author, an inspiration to many, and she was real. Here are some quotes that made the world fall in love with her.
1. “There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap.”
2. “I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.”
3. “I’m very sane about how crazy I am.”
4. “The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.”
5.”Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity.”
6.”People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn’t know was George.“
7.”I always kept a diary – not a diary like, ‘Dear Diary, we got up at 5 A.M., and I wore the weird hair again and that white dress! Hi-yeee!’ I’d just write.”
8.”I don’t want my life to imitate art, I want my life to be art.”
9. “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
10. “I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I’m still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.”
11. “Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.”
12. “The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you’re hurt.”
13. “Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.”
14. “Actually,I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can’t seem to muster the behavior”
15. “There’s no room for demons when you’re self-possessed.”
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