In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
For a long time, I didn't think I had the right to walk away from my family. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
Although my family attended the same church as everyone in our town, our religion was not the same. I could stand with… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies. When the World of Men failed, my family would continue on,… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I felt like we had stories about family loyalty; I didn't feel like we had stories about what to do when you… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I can't have my family in my life because they are abusive, and I don't have control over that. There is an… — 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
My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination. — 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
My family was, I think, a bit more radical than most Mormons, especially on the question of gender. So in my mind,… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I felt like I needed to come to terms with the decision I'd made to let go of my family. What do… — 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
