--- title: "15 Mom Said Quotes By Jeannette Walls" description: "15 Mom Said quotes by Jeannette Walls. Plus more from Jeannette Walls and more Mom Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jeannette-walls-1378_become_when-i-was-first-getting-out-of-college_1138512.png" --- > [When I was first getting out of college, Mom said, 'You ought to become a squatter.' I'm like, 'Forget it!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/when-i-was-first-getting-out-of-college-mom-said-you-ought-to-become/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jeannette-walls-1378_become_when-i-was-first-getting-out-of-college_1138512.png) > [Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/mom-always-said-people-worried-too-much-about-their-children-2/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/jeannette-walls-1378_body_mom-always-said-people-worried-too-much_2136405.jpg) > [“I told Mom that maybe I had made a terrible mistake, but mom said sometimes you have to get sicker before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-told-mom-that-maybe-i-had-made-a-terrible-mistake-but-mom-said/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/jeannette-walls-1378_failure_i-told-mom-that-maybe-i-had-made-a-terri_2025963.png) > [“I’m not upset because I’ll miss you,” Mom said. “I’m upset because you get to go to New York and I’m stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-m-not-upset-because-i-ll-miss-you-mom-said-i-m-upset-because-you/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/jeannette-walls-1378_upset_i-m-not-upset-because-i-ll-miss-you-mom_2477925.png) > [“Mom said we should all live near the Pacific Ocean at least once in our lives, so we kept going all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/mom-said-we-should-all-live-near-the-pacific-ocean-at-least-once-in/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/jeannette-walls-1378_pacific_mom-said-we-should-all-live-near-the-pac_1771800.png) > [“I’m a grown woman now,” Mom said almost every morning. “Why can’t I do what I want to do?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-m-a-grown-woman-now-mom-said-almost-every-morning-why-can-t-i-do/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/jeannette-walls-1378_every-morning_i-m-a-grown-woman-now-mom-said-almost-ev_1883668.png) > [“Life's too short to worry about what other people think,'' Mom said.''Anyway, they should accept us for who we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/life-s-too-short-to-worry-about-what-other-people-think-mom-said/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/jeannette-walls-1378_life_life-s-too-short-to-worry-about-what-oth_1048607.jpg) > [“Just remember,” Mom said after examining the blisters, “what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” “If that was true, I’d be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/just-remember-mom-said-after-examining-the-blisters-what-doesn-t-kill/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/jeannette-walls-1378_mother_just-remember-mom-said-after-examining-t_2070069.png) > [Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/mom-told-us-we-would-have-to-go-shoplifting-isn-t-that-a-sin-i-asked/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/jeannette-walls-1378_bending_mom-told-us-we-would-have-to-go-shoplift_1471088.png) > [“Brian told Mom we needed to keep Maureen away from those nutty Pentecostals, but Mom said we all came to religion in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/brian-told-mom-we-needed-to-keep-maureen-away-from-those-nutty/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/jeannette-walls-1378_religion_brian-told-mom-we-needed-to-keep-maureen_2767744.jpg) > [ “\[Mom\] said she didn't want her youngest daughter dressed in the thrift-store clothes the rest of us wore. Mom told us we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/mom-said-she-didn-t-want-her-youngest-daughter-dressed-in-the-thrift/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/jeannette-walls-1378_absurdity_mom-said-she-didn-t-want-her-youngest-da_2171247.png) > [Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/mom-always-said-people-worried-too-much-about-their-children/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/jeannette-walls-1378_behavior_mom-always-said-people-worried-too-much_282509.jpg) > [“The baby went without a name for weeks. Mom said she wanted to study it first, the way she would the subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/the-baby-went-without-a-name-for-weeks-mom-said-she-wanted-to-study/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/jeannette-walls-1378_humor_the-baby-went-without-a-name-for-weeks-m_648706.png) > [I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-hate-erma-i-told-mom-you-have-to-show-compassion-for-her-she-added/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/jeannette-walls-1378_and-love_i-hate-erma-i-told-mom-you-have-to-show_121638.jpg) > [“idea. I told Mom we should empty out each room, clean it thoroughly, and put back only the things that were essential.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/idea-i-told-mom-we-should-empty-out-each-room-clean-it-thoroughly-and/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/jeannette-walls-1378_dirty-clothes_idea-i-told-mom-we-should-empty-out-each_2678740.jpg) ## Other authors on Mom Said ## More by Jeannette Walls > [You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/you-should-never-hate-anyone-even-your-worst-enemies-everyone-has/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/you-should-never-hate-anyone-not-even-your-worst-enemies-everyone-has/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [With a complicated childhood, you can either focus on the positive or the negative, and I chose to focus on the positive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/with-a-complicated-childhood-you-can-either-focus-on-the-positive-or/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/she-never-felt-sorry-for-herself-and-that-was-something-i-decided-i/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“If you want to live in the farmland, haul your sorry hide off to Pennsylvania.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/if-you-want-to-live-in-the-farmland-haul-your-sorry-hide-off-to/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“I WAS SITTING IN a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-was-sitting-in-a-taxi-wondering-if-i-had-overdressed-for-the/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [I had the big shoulders; I had the big hair. I loved the '80s. It was all about power women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-had-the-big-shoulders-i-had-the-big-hair-i-loved-the-80s-it-was-all/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/things-usually-work-out-in-the-end-what-if-they-don-t-that-just-means/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/that-was-the-way-man-was-meant-to-live-he-d-say-in-harmony-with-the/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/sometimes-you-need-a-little-crisis-to-get-your-adrenaline-flowing-and/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“Don’t be afraid of your dark places,” Mom told her. “If you can shine a light on them, you’ll find treasure there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/don-t-be-afraid-of-your-dark-places-mom-told-her-if-you-can-shine-a/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-hate-erma-i-told-mom-you-have-to-show-compassion-for-her-she-added/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“Sad state to spend your life in. Being afraid of your own self." Rex Walls”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/sad-state-to-spend-your-life-in-being-afraid-of-your-own-self-rex/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/i-was-so-worried-that-people-wouldn-t-like-me-or-my-story/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [“the surest way to feel rich was to invest in quality nonessentials.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/the-surest-way-to-feel-rich-was-to-invest-in-quality-nonessentials/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mom-said/jeannette-walls/#itemlist", "name": "15 Mom Said Quotes By Jeannette Walls", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was first getting out of college, Mom said, 'You ought to become a squatter.' 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