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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
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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it.
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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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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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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.
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