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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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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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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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My life is not just about the past.
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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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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One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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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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When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.
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