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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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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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When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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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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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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You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
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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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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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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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I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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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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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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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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Interesting people always have a past.
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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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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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We're stronger than we realize.
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