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 More Quotes by Jeannette Walls More Quotes From Jeannette Walls It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do. Jeannette Walls hard tables ifs 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. Jeannette Walls degrees college people Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet. Jeannette Walls running watches people All seasons have something to offer Jeannette Walls seasons offers She had her addictions and one of them was reading. Jeannette Walls addiction reading 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. Jeannette Walls angel teaching teacher Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are Jeannette Walls care people thinking It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day. Jeannette Walls sleep night looks If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own. Jeannette Walls eye strong exercise 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. Jeannette Walls monsters running people Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature. Jeannette Walls cutting should-have wings 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 play men hands Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't. Jeannette Walls hindsight awful mom Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there. Jeannette Walls shining light dark A lady's hair is her crowning glory Jeannette Walls crowning-glory glory hair What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive. Jeannette Walls knows wonder helping Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better. Jeannette Walls get-better sometimes Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my parents, while certainly flawed, also had truly wonderful qualities. And that's the way it should be, because in real life two people can look at the same president and one will see a hero and the other a villain. Jeannette Walls real hero thinking Life there was hard and it made people hard. Jeannette Walls hard made people I was going to some fabulous party, and my taxi got stuck in traffic, and I looked out the window, and I saw a homeless woman rooting through the garbage, and I realized it was my mother. And I was so mortified that I ducked down, and I hid. Jeannette Walls woman homeless mother window
