“I never met a kid I couldn't teach. Every kid was good at something, and the trick was to find out what it was, then use it to teach him everything else. It was good work, the kind of work… — 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
“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
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
She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share
“If you want to live in the farmland, haul your sorry hide off to Pennsylvania.” — Jeannette Walls Copy Share
“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
I had the big shoulders; I had the big hair. I loved the '80s. It was all about power women. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share
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
“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
Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share
“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
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
“Sad state to spend your life in. Being afraid of your own self." Rex Walls” — Jeannette Walls Copy Share
