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Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better."

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't"

If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't




Jeannette Walls Quotes: "No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard."

No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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."

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.




Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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."

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.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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?"

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 Quotes: "Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way."

Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way.




Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with."

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 Quotes: "All seasons have something to offer"

All seasons have something to offer



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people."

She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "My life is not just about the past."

My life is not just about the past.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature."

Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.




Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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?"

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

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple."

When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "I always wanted to be a serious journalist."

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is."

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing."

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.



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

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 Quotes: "I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become."

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again."

I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan."

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "We're stronger than we realize."

We're stronger than we realize.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism."

When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world."

I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.



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

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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."

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

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet."

Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak."

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Everything in life is gray, you know."

Everything in life is gray, you know.



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

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

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "A lady's hair is her crowning glory"

A lady's hair is her crowning glory



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything."

It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice."

One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table."

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



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Submitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and save ourselves- isn't that what he wanted us to do?"

Submitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and save ourselves- isn't that what he wanted us to do?



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time."

Everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frightenpeople, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run."

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frightenpeople, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul..."

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "It (the sun) didn't really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me."

It (the sun) didn't really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that."

You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had."

As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man"

You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "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."

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.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else."

Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else.



Jeannette Walls Quotes: "I'm none too big on giving advice, ' Aunt Al said. 'Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else."

I'm none too big on giving advice, ' Aunt Al said. 'Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else.