But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow… — 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
Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others… — 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
