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• 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.

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  Stars, Rain, Sleep

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Mom, Children, Kids

  Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.

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  Baby, Children, Fun

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Writing, Fans, Bigs

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

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  Luck, Bigs, Harder

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

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  Believe, Lucky, Talent

  "Jeannette Walls Answers Your Questions". abcnews.go.com. March 15, 2005.

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

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  Men, Careers, Boss

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the many lessons I hope I've learned is how much I underestimated people, their open-mindedness and their willingness to understand. I think, moreover, I underestimated the degree to which everyone has a story. So my advice, for whatever it's worth, is to trust readers, trust the truth and trust the power of storytelling.

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  Writing, Thinking, People

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

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  Tables, Chickens, One Thing

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 knowledge that kept you on your toes.

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  Dog, Dad, Fire

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

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  Reading, Addiction

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.

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  Horse, Mirrors, Dependent

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• Memoir is about handing over you life to someone and saying, This is what I went through, this is who I am, and maybe you can learn something from it.

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  Who I Am, Over You, Memoir

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• I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

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  Confidence, Real, Self

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Strong, Teaching

  "Half Broke Horses". Book by Jeannette Walls, 2009.

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• sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it

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  Book, Track, Library

  Jeannette Walls (2010). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Dream, Artist, Manhattan

  "Jeannette Walls Answers Your Questions". ABC News Interview, abcnews.go.com. March 15, 2005.

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

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  Spiritual, Book, Important

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• I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

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  Serious, Journalist, Wanted

  "Life in 'Glass Castle' only made Walls stronger" by Denise Hazlick, www.today.com. March 21, 2006.

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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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  Fall, Dangerous, Happened

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Sleep, Night, Looks

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “Half Broke Horses”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• As I sat down, though, I realized that you can get used to certain luxuries that you start to think they're necessities, but when you have to forgo them, you come to see that you don't need them after all. There was a big difference between needing things and wanting things--though a lot of people had trouble telling the two apart--and at the ranch, I could see, we have pretty much everything we'd need but precious little else.

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  Thinking, Two, Luxury

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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• I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you suddenly understood something that had puzzled you. It made you think it just might be possible to get a handle on this old world after all.

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  Thinking, Rushing, Feelings

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Mom, Sarcastic, Streaks

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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