I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I didn't read much in high school, maybe because I didn't go to high school. Instead, I worked. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
An education is not so much about making a living as making a person. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I had been raised in the mountains of Idaho by a father who distrusted many of the institutions that people take for… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I taught myself algebra and a little grammar, and somehow I scraped a high enough score on the ACT to be admitted… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I was 17 the first time I set foot in a classroom, but 10 years later, I would graduate from Cambridge with… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have grown up with the idea that they can't learn things themselves. They think they need… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
My older brother bought textbooks and was able to teach himself enough to go to college. When I was 16, he returned… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I do think we have collectively begun to conflate the institutions of education for education itself. Education is an individual's pursuit of… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
My parents would say to me, 'You can teach yourself anything better than someone else can teach it to you.' That was… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
We think about education as a stepping stone into a higher socio-economic class, into a better job. And it does do those… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
Because I never attended elementary schools of any kind, I missed most of the books that were popular with other kids my… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind. — Tara Westover Copy Share
I get up when I feel like getting up. That's the deal I've made with myself: I can stay in bed as long as… — Tara Westover Copy Share
Anger can be a good thing. It's a mechanism that your brain uses to get you out of situations that are bad for you.… — Tara Westover Copy Share
I felt like I needed to come to terms with the decision I'd made to let go of my family. What do you do… — Tara Westover Copy Share
I think you can change your belief, but sometimes your behavior takes a lot longer. — Tara Westover Copy Share
I'm no longer religious, but the Bible fascinates me. Hardly anyone reads it anymore, but it's got everything: it's a book of poetry, it's… — Tara Westover Copy Share
I didn't even have a birth certificate until I was 9 years old, which meant that, according to the state of Idaho and the… — Tara Westover Copy Share
I had to be - I was in school for probably three or four years before I began taking courses in history and political… — Tara Westover Copy Share
For a long time, I didn't think I had the right to walk away from my family. — Tara Westover Copy Share
“This moment would define my memory of that night, and of the many nights like it, for a decade. In it I saw myself… — Tara Westover Copy Share
We think about education as a stepping stone into a higher socio-economic class, into a better job. And it does do those things. But… — Tara Westover Copy Share
