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Wishful Drinking
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"Wishful Drinking" Quotes

Carrie Fisher hilariously reflects on her life, mental health struggles, and iconic role as Princess Leia in this candid memoir.

Quotes

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

Carrie Fisher

lifeheavenhell

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Carrie Fisher

resentmentforgiveness

I think I do overshare. It's my way of trying to understand myself. By keeping a diary, I've discovered that my past is not the same thing as my history.

Carrie Fisher

self-reflectiondiaryunderstanding

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

Carrie Fisher

sanitycraziness

I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.

Carrie Fisher

celebrityhollywood

If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

Carrie Fisher

humoracceptance

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

Carrie Fisher

humoracceptance

I'm not as cooperative as you might want a woman to be... Every man, I think, or at least the ones I end up finding, there's no reason to think that they will understand what the experience of being a woman is like. They're born with enough mystery as it is.

Carrie Fisher

cooperationgendermystery

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

Carrie Fisher

lifeart