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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.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.
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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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Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.
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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.
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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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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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...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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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
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Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.
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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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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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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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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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Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.
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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.
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