Jeannette Walls Short Quotes

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

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She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

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

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

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

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

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

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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

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Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito.

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You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him.

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If I owned hell and west Texas, he said, I do believe I'd sell west Texas and live in hell.

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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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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.

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The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

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

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

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It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day.

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

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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.

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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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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.

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When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

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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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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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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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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.

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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.

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I feel like I failed," I said. "Don't beat yourself up," Jim said. "She might not have turned out like you planned, but that don't mean she turned out wrong.

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