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e755cd9	Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet." --		Jeannette Walls
fb0daaa	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.	people	Jeannette Walls
bfe37ff	Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.	life-lessons	Jeannette Walls
38178fb	One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty."		Jeannette Walls
38ed050	Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.	tragedy life	Jeannette Walls
246d334	Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.	mankind perfection beasts	Jeannette Walls
111623a	One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.	summer	Jeannette Walls
5f191ee	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.		Jeannette Walls
1142e9c	I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.		Jeannette Walls
d0c85c1	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
5092a65	If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim		Jeannette Walls
111d916	I never believed in Santa Claus. None of us kids did. Mom and Dad refused to let us. They couldn't afford expensive presents and they didn't want us to think we weren't as good as other kids who, on Christmas morning, found all sorts of fancy toys under the tree that were supposedly left by Santa Claus. Dad had lost his job at the gypsum, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took each one of us k..		Jeannette Walls
96a0ed4	Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.	thriving life crisis	Jeannette Walls
dcc5569	Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.	moving traveling	Jeannette Walls
54870a4	If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.	earth world religion god lord sunrise	Jeannette Walls
113c66f	The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy--angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.	teachers	Jeannette Walls
a3cc223	She had her addictions and one of them was reading.	reading	Jeannette Walls
9ee8842	You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.	education life college	Jeannette Walls
431b749	Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.		Jeannette Walls
5426424	One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.		Jeannette Walls
82103ca	Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.	illness parenting-tip	Jeannette Walls
9152fe5	Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are	life	Jeannette Walls
1267daa	People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.	people freedom lifestyle	Jeannette Walls
a480f58	You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and if you sit around wringing your hands about it, you'll out on all the adventure.	life danger	Jeannette Walls
2aef6cd	We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.		Jeannette Walls
b851df2	Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, he'd say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them.	stars countryside	Jeannette Walls
988d893	But I also hoped that [she] had chosen California because she thought that was her true home, the place where she really belonged, where it was always warm and you could dance in the rain, pick grapes right off the vines, and sleep outside at night under the stars.		Jeannette Walls
2cda36a	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.	raising-children parents	Jeannette Walls
58ebb85	Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.		Jeannette Walls
8a1edb0	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"	life parenting	Jeannette Walls
848a28e	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
1823a4c	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?"		Jeannette Walls
b56f60c	Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.	teachers	Jeannette Walls
fa2fae0	I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that." "Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?" "Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation."		Jeannette Walls
1b2c1d0	Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.	life reasons choices horses	Jeannette Walls
a5372af	God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.	god life hands game	Jeannette Walls
a9206fc	If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.	mothers parenting	Jeannette Walls
6616f8f	I wondered if the fire had been out to get me. I wondered if all fire was related, like Dad said all humans were related, if the fire that had burned me that day while I cooked hot dogs was somehow connected o the fire I had flushed down the toilet and the fire burning at the hotel. I didn't have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowl..		Jeannette Walls
1d957f9	It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.	providing life parents	Jeannette Walls
f5ccf90	The water you kids were playing in, he said, had probably been to Africa and the North Pole. Genghis Khan or Saint Peter or even Jesus may have drunk it. Cleopatra might have bathed in it. Crazy Horse might have watered his pony with it. Sometimes water was liquid. Sometimes it was rock hard- ice. Sometimes it was soft- snow. Sometimes it was visible but weightless- clouds. And sometimes it was completely invisible- vapor- floating up into ..		Jeannette Walls
edb5c1b	You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.	life race	Jeannette Walls
95e8139	Sometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person's life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another and then another and another, eventually setting off just as big a change in a body's life.		Jeannette Walls
98fc973	It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.	inspirational meaningful symbolic	Jeannette Walls
37f5d3c	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."		Jeannette Walls

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet." --

Jeannette Walls

fb0daaa

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.

people

Jeannette Walls

bfe37ff

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

life-lessons

Jeannette Walls

38178fb

One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty."

Jeannette Walls

38ed050

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

tragedy life

Jeannette Walls

246d334

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

mankind perfection beasts

Jeannette Walls

111623a

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

summer

Jeannette Walls

5f191ee

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.

Jeannette Walls

1142e9c

I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.

Jeannette Walls

d0c85c1

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

5092a65

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Jeannette Walls

111d916

I never believed in Santa Claus. None of us kids did. Mom and Dad refused to let us. They couldn't afford expensive presents and they didn't want us to think we weren't as good as other kids who, on Christmas morning, found all sorts of fancy toys under the tree that were supposedly left by Santa Claus. Dad had lost his job at the gypsum, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took each one of us k..

Jeannette Walls

96a0ed4

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

thriving life crisis

Jeannette Walls

dcc5569

Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.

moving traveling

Jeannette Walls

54870a4

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

earth world religion god lord sunrise

Jeannette Walls

113c66f

The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy--angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.

teachers

Jeannette Walls

a3cc223

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

reading

Jeannette Walls

9ee8842

You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.

education life college

Jeannette Walls

431b749

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.

Jeannette Walls

5426424

One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.

Jeannette Walls

82103ca

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

illness parenting-tip

Jeannette Walls

9152fe5

Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are

life

Jeannette Walls

1267daa

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

people freedom lifestyle

Jeannette Walls

a480f58

You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and if you sit around wringing your hands about it, you'll out on all the adventure.

life danger

Jeannette Walls

2aef6cd

We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.

Jeannette Walls

b851df2

Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, he'd say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them.

stars countryside

Jeannette Walls

988d893

But I also hoped that [she] had chosen California because she thought that was her true home, the place where she really belonged, where it was always warm and you could dance in the rain, pick grapes right off the vines, and sleep outside at night under the stars.

Jeannette Walls

2cda36a

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.

raising-children parents

Jeannette Walls

58ebb85

Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.

Jeannette Walls

8a1edb0

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"

life parenting

Jeannette Walls

848a28e

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

1823a4c

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?"

Jeannette Walls

b56f60c

Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.

teachers

Jeannette Walls

fa2fae0

I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that." "Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?" "Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation."

Jeannette Walls

1b2c1d0

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

life reasons choices horses

Jeannette Walls

a5372af

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

god life hands game

Jeannette Walls

a9206fc

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

mothers parenting

Jeannette Walls

6616f8f

I wondered if the fire had been out to get me. I wondered if all fire was related, like Dad said all humans were related, if the fire that had burned me that day while I cooked hot dogs was somehow connected o the fire I had flushed down the toilet and the fire burning at the hotel. I didn't have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowl..

Jeannette Walls

1d957f9

It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.

providing life parents

Jeannette Walls

f5ccf90

The water you kids were playing in, he said, had probably been to Africa and the North Pole. Genghis Khan or Saint Peter or even Jesus may have drunk it. Cleopatra might have bathed in it. Crazy Horse might have watered his pony with it. Sometimes water was liquid. Sometimes it was rock hard- ice. Sometimes it was soft- snow. Sometimes it was visible but weightless- clouds. And sometimes it was completely invisible- vapor- floating up into ..

Jeannette Walls

edb5c1b

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.

life race

Jeannette Walls

95e8139

Sometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person's life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another and then another and another, eventually setting off just as big a change in a body's life.

Jeannette Walls

98fc973

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

inspirational meaningful symbolic

Jeannette Walls

37f5d3c

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."

Jeannette Walls