“If you want to be treated like a mother,” I said, “you should act like one.” — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“Just remember,” Mom said after examining the blisters, “what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” “If that was true, I’d be… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother.… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
So many people ask, 'How could you forgive your mother for the way you were raised?' It's really not forgiveness, in my… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I was going to some fabulous party, and my taxi got stuck in traffic, and I looked out the window, and I… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“The sound of thunder awake me, and when I got up, my feet sank into muddy water up to my ankles. Mother… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“Dad was on the porch, pacing back and forth in that uneven stride he had on account of having a gimp leg.… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the… — 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
