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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. (Jeannette Walls)
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. View quote
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You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim. View quote
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us. View quote
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Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering. View quote
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Life there was hard and it made people hard. View quote
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She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak. View quote
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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. View quote
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No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics. View quote
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty. View quote
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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. (Jeannette Walls)
When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it. View quote
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She had her addictions and one of them was reading. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim. View quote
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Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all. View quote
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If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise. View quote
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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. View quote
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People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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We're stronger than we realize. View quote
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I always wanted to be a serious journalist. View quote
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is. View quote
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