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> [In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/in-families-like-mine-there-is-no-crime-worse-than-telling-the-truth/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

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## More by Tara Westover

> [I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-have-a-theory-that-all-abuse-no-matter-what-kind-of-abuse-it-is-is/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-get-up-when-i-feel-like-getting-up-that-s-the-deal-i-ve-made-with/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/anger-can-be-a-good-thing-it-s-a-mechanism-that-your-brain-uses-to/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-felt-like-i-needed-to-come-to-terms-with-the-decision-i-d-made-to/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/learning-in-our-family-was-entirely-self-directed/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [I think you can change your belief, but sometimes your behavior takes a lot longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-think-you-can-change-your-belief-but-sometimes-your-behavior-takes/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-m-no-longer-religious-but-the-bible-fascinates-me-hardly-anyone/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-didn-t-even-have-a-birth-certificate-until-i-was-9-years-old-which/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/there-s-a-sense-of-sovereignty-that-comes-from-life-on-a-mountain/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [“You can’t be a person without a birthday, they seemed to say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/you-can-t-be-a-person-without-a-birthday-they-seemed-to-say/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [I had to be - I was in school for probably three or four years before I began taking courses in history and political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-had-to-be-i-was-in-school-for-probably-three-or-four-years-before-i/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [BYU was a really positive place for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/byu-was-a-really-positive-place-for-me/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [For a long time, I didn't think I had the right to walk away from my family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/for-a-long-time-i-didn-t-think-i-had-the-right-to-walk-away-from-my/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [“This moment would define my memory of that night, and of the many nights like it, for a decade. In it I saw myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/this-moment-would-define-my-memory-of-that-night-and-of-the-many/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/we-think-about-education-as-a-stepping-stone-into-a-higher-socio/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

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