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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear. — Jeannette Walls

I took a breath. "He's developing a technology to — Jeannette Walls

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

It was your inner spirit and not your outward appearance that mattered, — Jeannette Walls

I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again. — Jeannette Walls

We should never eat the liver of a polar bear because all the vitamin A in it could kill us. — Jeannette Walls

If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't — Jeannette Walls

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

I always wanted to be a serious journalist. — Jeannette Walls

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

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

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

I was torturing the fire, giving it life, and snuffing it out.
pg. 33 — Jeannette Walls

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence. — Jeannette Walls

Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all. — Jeannette Walls

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

Everything in life is gray, you know. — Jeannette Walls

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us. — Jeannette Walls

We both stood a better chance if we took on the world together. — Jeannette Walls

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

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive. — Jeannette Walls

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

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

We're becoming a nation of sissies. — Jeannette Walls

I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world. — Jeannette Walls

Optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. — Jeannette Walls

She had her addictions and one of them was reading. — Jeannette Walls

Crockett and James Bowie got what was coming to them," Mom said, "for stealing this land from the Mexicans — Jeannette Walls

You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man — Jeannette Walls

My life is not just about the past. — Jeannette Walls

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul ... — Jeannette Walls

Phoenix was square and straight, boxy and boxed in, and above all, fake. — Jeannette Walls

A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order. — Jeannette Walls

I felt best when I was on the move, going someplace rather than being there. — Jeannette Walls

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

Even more important than saving money is making it. — Jeannette Walls

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

One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table. — Jeannette Walls

A lady's hair is her crowning glory — Jeannette Walls

My favorite books all involved people dealing with hardships. — Jeannette Walls

All seasons have something to offer — Jeannette Walls

One of the ways to discover our toughness and resiliency is to look back at where we come from. (from Amazon description) — Jeannette Walls

I've told you before, life's not about doing what you want. — Jeannette Walls

I'd rather have a yard filled with genuine garbage than with
trashy lawn ornaments. — Jeannette Walls

Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are — Jeannette Walls

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

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever. — Jeannette Walls

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

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react — Jeannette Walls

Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt. — Jeannette Walls

The place where you live - your home - is one of the most important things in a body's life. — Jeannette Walls

You can't live in fear of something as basic as fire. — Jeannette Walls

As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had. — Jeannette Walls

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing. — Jeannette Walls

She knew how to get by on next to nothing.
pg. 21 — Jeannette Walls

If I owned hell and west Texas, he said, I do believe I'd sell west Texas and live in hell. — Jeannette Walls

She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak. — Jeannette Walls

Interesting people always have a past. — Jeannette Walls

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels. — Jeannette Walls

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

Okay, kids,' Dad said, 'the civilians are revolting. We better skedaddle. — Jeannette Walls

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim — Jeannette Walls

Life there was hard and it made people hard. — Jeannette Walls

You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said.
You got that right," I told him. — Jeannette Walls

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better. — Jeannette Walls

Aficionados of the weather. We'd follow a storm — Jeannette Walls

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

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan. — Jeannette Walls

[Marriage] made the hard moments easier and the good moments better. — Jeannette Walls

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential. — Jeannette Walls

When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it. — Jeannette Walls

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one. — Jeannette Walls

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise. — Jeannette Walls

History gets written by the winners, he said, and when the crooks win, you get crooked history. — Jeannette Walls

Mom said we should all live near the Pacific Ocean at least once in our lives, so we kept going all the way to San Francisco. — Jeannette Walls

Memoir is about handing over you life to someone and saying, This is what I went through, this is who I am, and maybe you can learn something from it. — Jeannette Walls

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more. — Jeannette Walls

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is. — Jeannette Walls

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. — Jeannette Walls

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races. — Jeannette Walls

Poor old Venus didn't even make her own light, Dad said. She shone only from reflected light. — Jeannette Walls

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story. — Jeannette Walls

I feel like 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.' — Jeannette Walls

If you went back far enough, Uncle Tinsley went on, just about — Jeannette Walls

You were free to choose enslavement, but the choice was a free one only if you knew what your alternatives were. — Jeannette Walls

We're stronger than we realize. — Jeannette Walls

We had some times, didn't we?'
'We did.'
'Never did build that Glass Castle.'
'No. But we had fun planning it. — Jeannette Walls

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

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

It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do. — Jeannette Walls

It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day. — Jeannette Walls

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

Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito — Jeannette Walls

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall. — Jeannette Walls

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? — Jeannette Walls

Every household needs one piece of furniture in really bad taste. — Jeannette Walls

Pleased to meet you, Grandma,' I said. — Jeannette Walls

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

Most important thing in life," he would say, "is learning how to fall." * — Jeannette Walls

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. — Jeannette Walls