Quote

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

Jeannette Walls

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Thing
Whoring
Chicken
Chickens
Table
Tables

More quotes by Jeannette Walls

Image
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
Image
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
Image
Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.
Jeannette Walls
Image
We're stronger than we realize.
Jeannette Walls
Image
I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them the really lucky ones discover what it is.
Jeannette Walls
Image
But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.
Jeannette Walls
Image
She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.
Jeannette Walls
Image
One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
Jeannette Walls
Image
I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
Jeannette Walls
Image
You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
Jeannette Walls
Image
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.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.
Jeannette Walls
Image
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
Image
My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito
Jeannette Walls
Image
Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
Jeannette Walls
Image
I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
Jeannette Walls
Image
If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
Jeannette Walls