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    13 Carrie Fisher Quotes That Will Make You Miss Her More Than You Already Do

    Princess of Alderaan, General of the Resistance, Queen of my Heart.

    1. "I feel I'm very sane about how crazy I am."

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    — Her 2008 memoir, Wishful Drinking

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    Please stop debating about whetherOR not👁aged well.unfortunately it hurts all3 of my feelings.My BODY hasnt aged as well as I have.Blow us👌🏼

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

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

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    The only exercise I get lately is running off at the mouth & jumping to conclusions.....

    6. "They always do [ask me to lose weight]. They want to hire part of me, not all of me. They want to hire about three-fourths, so I have to get rid of the fourth somehow. The fourth can't be with me."

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    Why should I go crazy when I can just as easily wait for it right here. Who wants gum?

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

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    9. "I act like someone in a bomb shelter trying to raise everyone's spirits."

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    — Her 2016 memoir, The Princess Diarist

    10. "Instant gratification takes too long."

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    — Her 1987 novel, Postcards from the Edge

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    My earliest addiction was reading. Tho books--however mind altering- don't quite qualify as a drug. If they did, you'd have to go to ReADhab

    12. "If there's a choice between companionship and anything else — especially career — choose companionship. It's the only thing that has the potential to last."

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    — A letter to her younger self for Oprah Magazine

    13. "I tell my friends no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra."

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