Kimmy Schmidt is hard not to love. Played by Ellie Kemper, the lead character on Netflix's deceptively dark comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt spent half her life trapped underground in a cult, but refuses to be a victim to the terrible circumstances of her life. Even when times get tough, she always manages to approach life with unbridled positivity.
As season 4 — potentially the show's last — gets underway, here are some of the most inspiring quotes from our favorite mole woman.
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"Life beats you up. You can either curl up in a ball and die, like we thought Cyndee did that time, or you can stand up and say, 'we're different. We're the strong ones, and you can't break us." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"Just take it 10 seconds at a time. Everything will be okay." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"I have hope! Hope that got me through 15 years in the bunker. I don't quit." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"You can’t put a price tag on your self respect." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"But I survived, because that’s what women do. We eat a bag of dirt, pass it in a kiddie pool, and move on." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"Don't worry about me. I'm like a biscotti. People act like I'm this sweet cookie, but I'm really this super hard thing that nobody knows what I am or why I am." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"Smile until you feel better. I call it Kimmy-ing." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"Be you. Be what you want. And then become unbreakable." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"Age doesn't matter. You can die at any time." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"We're just covering up our problems. In order to fix ourselves, we have to start right here. Find that small unbreakable you inside yourself." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"You’re okay. You’re okay. You are a person." — season 1, episode 1 (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)
"I still believe the world is good, bunnies are nice, and snakes are mean, and that one day, Sandra Bullock will find someone who deserves her." (Photo via Eric Liebowitz/Netflix)