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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
Journalist
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Phoenix
Arizona
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Inspirational
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It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.
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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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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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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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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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....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.
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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 found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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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 find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
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Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.
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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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My life is not just about the past.
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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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We're stronger than we realize.
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Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?
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In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as true to yourself as possible. You have to be honest and fair and vulnerable and foolish and brave, and not care what anyone thinks of it.
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Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.
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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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