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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Addictions
Addiction
Reading

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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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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?
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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We're stronger than we realize.
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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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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.
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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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I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
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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.
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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.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple.
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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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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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
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No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.
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