Jeannette Walls: Trending quotes

“She had her addictions and one of them was reading.”

“Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”

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

“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 wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.”

“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.”

“You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”

“Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.”

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

“Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.”

“…. he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.”

“One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”

“If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim”

“Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.”

“Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.”

“If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.”

“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.”

“No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.”

“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.”