Six-Word Memoirs The Best Advice Ever
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by Readers
PENNY ABBOTT, 57, San Antonio, Texas, retired school counselor
Forget head, heart. Go with gut.
LORRAINE GIBSON, 55, Frederick, Maryland
Former microbiologist and biosafety specialist
Greatest things in life
aren’t things.
STELLA KUGLER, 72, New York, New York
Retired actor and model
Life’s a rummage sale.
No returns.
SALLY FRIEDMAN, 71, Moorestown, New Jersey
Journalist
Love unlovely; they need it most.
JAN WYNINGER, 58, Washougal, Washington
Homeowners association/golf-course administrator
When cookies are passed,
take one.
MARY ANN VECCHIONE, 68, Little Falls, New Jersey
Retired teacher
Moderation in all things
(including moderation).
MARK ROTTER, 55, Alexandria, Virginia
Science adviser
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Larry Smith, who selected these memoirs, is the coeditor, with Rachel Fershleiser, of a new book of six-worders, I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure.
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