5 Quotes & Sayings By Jessica Fechtor

Jessica Fechtor is a writer, editor, and entrepreneur. She was born in Columbia, Missouri and now lives in New York City. She got her start as a journalist at the age of fifteen, when she wrote for her high school newspaper. Her work has been published by Salon, Marie Claire, and the Atlantic Monthly Read more

She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in both English and Journalism.

Meaning is not what happens, but what you do with...
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Meaning is not what happens, but what you do with what happens. Jessica Fechtor
To trust in your own aliveness, in your own ability...
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To trust in your own aliveness, in your own ability to sustain and be sustained - there are times when there is no greater act of defiance. Jessica Fechtor
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When I visit someplace new my favorite thing to do is eat...and walk, preferable to a place where I can eat some more. Jessica Fechtor
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Food–like art, like music– brings people together, it’s true. It begins, though, with a private experience, a single person stirred, moved, and wanting company in that altered stated. So we say, “You have to taste this.” We say, “Please, take a bite. Jessica Fechtor