3 Quotes & Sayings By Lisa Abubakr

Lisa Abu-Bakr is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and a bestselling ghostwriter. Her debut novel, The Wedding Crush , was published in February 2012 by Simon & Schuster. Lisa was born in Chicago and lived in the Midwest until she was 16 years old. She moved to New York City with her mother at the age of 18 to pursue a career in journalism Read more

In 2008, she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Columbia University and in 2011, she received her master's degree in journalism from New York University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children and is currently working on two novels and two nonfiction books.

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Beauty is merely defined by the very core of one's soul, which then and only then outlines one's outside features, reflecting beyond the body. With every line representing who you are. The wrinkles around the eyes from laughing so hard, the callus on ones hands from giving, the scars on one body from "living", the curve of ones mouth from the words their speaking, the lines on one's for curiosity their building. Truth is we all hold our own definition of beauty, it's that simple. . Lisa AbuBakr
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Somebody once asked me if I made a lot of money, I said I made enough. He then asked why do it, if I'm only making enough. And I said I don't do what I do to be rich in my wallet, I do what I do to be rich in life. Lisa AbuBakr