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Jeannette Walls quotes: Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear. Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with. Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
Jeannette Walls quotes: It was your inner spirit and not your outward appearance that mattered, It was your inner spirit and not your outward appearance that mattered,
Jeannette Walls quotes: I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again. I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.
Jeannette Walls quotes: If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
Jeannette Walls quotes: Bought me another snow cone, and, as he gave it to me, planted a diamond ring on top. "A piece of ice that I'm hoping will make you melt," he Bought me another snow cone, and, as he gave it to me, planted a diamond ring on top. "A piece of ice that I'm hoping will make you melt," he said.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I always wanted to be a serious journalist. I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
Jeannette Walls quotes: The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that. The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.
Jeannette Walls quotes: If you get down, all you need to do is act like you're feeling good, and next thing you know, you are. If you get down, all you need to do is act like you're feeling good, and next thing you know, you are.
Jeannette Walls quotes: In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it. In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I was torturing the fire, giving it life, and snuffing it out. pg. 33 I was torturing the fire, giving it life, and snuffing it out.
pg. 33
Jeannette Walls quotes: I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence. I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
Jeannette Walls quotes: What doesn't kill you will make you stronger What doesn't kill you will make you stronger
Jeannette Walls quotes: When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind. When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Everything in life is gray, you know. Everything in life is gray, you know.
Jeannette Walls quotes: God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us. God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever. Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.
Jeannette Walls quotes: We both stood a better chance if we took on the world together. We both stood a better chance if we took on the world together.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out. Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.
Jeannette Walls quotes: What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive. What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
Jeannette Walls quotes: When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal. When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Life's too short to worry about what other people think,' Mom said.'Anyway, they should accept us for who we are. Life's too short to worry about what other people think,' Mom said.'Anyway, they should accept us for who we are.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I didn't have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. pg. 34 I didn't have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire.
pg. 34
Jeannette Walls quotes: We're becoming a nation of sissies. We're becoming a nation of sissies.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world. I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Jeannette Walls quotes: She had her addictions and one of them was reading. She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
Jeannette Walls quotes: You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man
Jeannette Walls quotes: My life is not just about the past. My life is not just about the past.
Jeannette Walls quotes: People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul ... People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul ...
Jeannette Walls quotes: Phoenix was square and straight, boxy and boxed in, and above all, fake. Phoenix was square and straight, boxy and boxed in, and above all, fake.
Jeannette Walls quotes: A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order. A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I found the gas," he said. "Now all's I need to do is find the brake. I found the gas," he said. "Now all's I need to do is find the brake.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I felt best when I was on the move, going someplace rather than being there. I felt best when I was on the move, going someplace rather than being there.
Jeannette Walls quotes: It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything. It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Even more important than saving money is making it. Even more important than saving money is making it.
Jeannette Walls quotes: What struck me most was his crooked grin, like he saw the world in his own special way and got a kick out of it. What struck me most was his crooked grin, like he saw the world in his own special way and got a kick out of it.
Jeannette Walls quotes: One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table. One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
Jeannette Walls quotes: A lady's hair is her crowning glory A lady's hair is her crowning glory
Jeannette Walls quotes: I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become. I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I'm a grown woman now," Mom said almost every morning. "Why can't I do what I want to do? I'm a grown woman now," Mom said almost every morning. "Why can't I do what I want to do?
Jeannette Walls quotes: All seasons have something to offer All seasons have something to offer
Jeannette Walls quotes: One of the ways to discover our toughness and resiliency is to look back at where we come from. (from Amazon description) One of the ways to discover our toughness and resiliency is to look back at where we come from. (from Amazon description)
Jeannette Walls quotes: If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
Jeannette Walls quotes: Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet. Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels. Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Life there was hard and it made people hard. Life there was hard and it made people hard.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I'd rather have a yard filled with genuine garbage than withtrashy lawn ornaments. I'd rather have a yard filled with genuine garbage than with
trashy lawn ornaments.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Okay, kids,' Dad said, 'the civilians are revolting. We better skedaddle. Okay, kids,' Dad said, 'the civilians are revolting. We better skedaddle.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you. Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.
Jeannette Walls quotes: She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people. She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Don't be afraid of your dark places," Mom told her. "If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there. Don't be afraid of your dark places," Mom told her. "If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Interesting people always have a past. Interesting people always have a past.
Jeannette Walls quotes: If I owned hell and west Texas, he said, I do believe I'd sell west Texas and live in hell. If I owned hell and west Texas, he said, I do believe I'd sell west Texas and live in hell.
Jeannette Walls quotes: She knew how to get by on next to nothing. pg. 21 She knew how to get by on next to nothing.
pg. 21
Jeannette Walls quotes: I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m. I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
Jeannette Walls quotes: When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, 'The Maroon Wave,' and that's when I fell in love with journalism. When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, 'The Maroon Wave,' and that's when I fell in love with journalism.
Jeannette Walls quotes: As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had. As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had.
Jeannette Walls quotes: You know, if it's humanly possible, I'll get it for you. And if it ain't humanly possible, I'l die trying. You know, if it's humanly possible, I'll get it for you. And if it ain't humanly possible, I'l die trying.
Jeannette Walls quotes: You can't live in fear of something as basic as fire. You can't live in fear of something as basic as fire.
Jeannette Walls quotes: New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly. New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
Jeannette Walls quotes: Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars. Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.
Jeannette Walls quotes: [Marriage] made the hard moments easier and the good moments better. [Marriage] made the hard moments easier and the good moments better.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Things usually work out in the end.""What if they don't?""That just means you haven't come to the end yet. Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Most important thing in life," he would say, "is learning how to fall." * Most important thing in life," he would say, "is learning how to fall." *
Jeannette Walls quotes: One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
Jeannette Walls quotes: History gets written by the winners, he said, and when the crooks win, you get crooked history. History gets written by the winners, he said, and when the crooks win, you get crooked history.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better. Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Aficionados of the weather. We'd follow a storm Aficionados of the weather. We'd follow a storm
Jeannette Walls quotes: Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer. Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.
Jeannette Walls quotes: My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan. My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Pleased to meet you, Grandma,' I said. Pleased to meet you, Grandma,' I said.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential. Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.
Jeannette Walls quotes: If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one. If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.
Jeannette Walls quotes: You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said.You got that right," I told him. You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said.
You got that right," I told him.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is. I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.
Jeannette Walls quotes: But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.
Jeannette Walls quotes: You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races. You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Poor old Venus didn't even make her own light, Dad said. She shone only from reflected light. Poor old Venus didn't even make her own light, Dad said. She shone only from reflected light.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story. I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
Jeannette Walls quotes: You were free to choose enslavement, but the choice was a free one only if you knew what your alternatives were. You were free to choose enslavement, but the choice was a free one only if you knew what your alternatives were.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing. I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
Jeannette Walls quotes: The place where you live - your home - is one of the most important things in a body's life. The place where you live - your home - is one of the most important things in a body's life.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt. Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt.
Jeannette Walls quotes: The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
Jeannette Walls quotes: You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever. You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever.
Jeannette Walls quotes: That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frightenpeople, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run. That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten
people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You're scarred for life. Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You're scarred for life.
Jeannette Walls quotes: If you went back far enough, Uncle Tinsley went on, just about If you went back far enough, Uncle Tinsley went on, just about
Jeannette Walls quotes: She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak. She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.
Jeannette Walls quotes: We had some times, didn't we?''We did.''Never did build that Glass Castle.''No. But we had fun planning it. We had some times, didn't we?'
'We did.'
'Never did build that Glass Castle.'
'No. But we had fun planning it.
Jeannette Walls quotes: People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it. People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture. Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.
Jeannette Walls quotes: I feel like 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.' I feel like 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.'
Jeannette Walls quotes: I've told you before, life's not about doing what you want. I've told you before, life's not about doing what you want.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito
Jeannette Walls quotes: Most important thing in life is learning how to fall. Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.
Jeannette Walls quotes: Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with? Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with?

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