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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.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me.
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Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
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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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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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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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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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Interesting people always have a past.
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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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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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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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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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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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....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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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