When I was first getting out of college, Mom said, 'You ought to become a squatter.' I'm like, 'Forget it!' — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
With a complicated childhood, you can either focus on the positive or the negative, and I chose to focus on the positive. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“If you want to live in the farmland, haul your sorry hide off to Pennsylvania.” — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“I WAS SITTING IN a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I had the big shoulders; I had the big hair. I loved the '80s. It was all about power women. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“That was the way man was meant to live, he’d say, in harmony with the wild, like the Indians, not this lords-of-the-earth crap, trying… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid of your dark places,” Mom told her. “If you can shine a light on them, you’ll find treasure there.” — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
