Quote

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

Jeannette Walls

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Wondering
Survived
Survive
Wonder
Help
Helping

More quotes by Jeannette Walls

Image
Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Everything in life is gray, you know.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.
Jeannette Walls
Image
It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
Jeannette Walls
Image
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?
Jeannette Walls
Image
My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
Jeannette Walls
Image
You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
Jeannette Walls
Image
I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
Jeannette Walls
Image
You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Interesting people always have a past.
Jeannette Walls
Image
Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
Jeannette Walls
Image
You West Virginia girls are one tough breed, he said. You got that right, I told him.
Jeannette Walls
Image
I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.
Jeannette Walls
Image
I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
Jeannette Walls
Image
The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
Jeannette Walls
Image
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
Jeannette Walls
Image
It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.
Jeannette Walls
Image
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