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.


Half Broke Horses (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2009) - ISBN: 9781416586289

Jeannette Walls Quotes

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....

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....

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....

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....