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Jeannette Walls Quotes
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Sometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person’s life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another and then another and another, eventually setting off just as big a change in a body’s life (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 (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 (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 (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
You’re in a horse race but you’re thinking like a sheep. Sheep don’t win horse races (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
You didn’t need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
It’s really not that hard to put food on the table if that’s what you decide to do (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 (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn’t have time to react (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 (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
What I do know is that wondering why you survived don’t help you survive (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 (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
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 Quotes)
I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing (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 (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you’ve actually changed their life in some way (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else’s voice (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you’re young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That’s positive reinforcement for negative behavior (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, he’d say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn’t even see the stars. We’d have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as true to yourself as possible. You have to be honest and fair and vulnerable and foolish and brave, and not care what anyone thinks of it (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own (Jeannette Walls Quotes)
Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature (Jeannette Walls Quotes)