Jeannette Walls: Going

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“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 book The Glass Castle

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People

“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.”

Jeannette Walls book The Glass Castle

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“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 book Half Broke Horses

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People , Nature , Animals

“You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and if you sit around wringing your hands about it, you'll out on all the adventure.”

Jeannette Walls book Half Broke Horses

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Life , World

“Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting.
Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom.
Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering.”

Jeannette Walls book The Glass Castle

Source: The Glass Castle

God , Moms

“It (the sun) 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 book Half Broke Horses

Source: Half Broke Horses

Sun