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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

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
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Phoenix
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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.
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We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.
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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.
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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.
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
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Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.
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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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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.
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I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito
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Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
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You West Virginia girls are one tough breed, he said. You got that right, I told him.
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My life is not just about the past.
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