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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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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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Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito
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When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism.
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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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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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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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No one expected you to amount to much, she told me. Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.
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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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Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.
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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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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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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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That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.
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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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You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.
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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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