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Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls (born April 21, 1960) is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it remained on the New York Times Best Seller list in 2018, having persisted there for 411 weeks in paperback by February 25.

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Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.

Appreciate, Arrogance, Flawless, Perfect, Thinking

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

Appealing, Book, Important, Lasting, Speak, Spiritual

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.

Junk, Long, Stars, Years

One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Day, Mom, Nice, Said, Struggle, Tall

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

Earth, Reminded, Sunrise, Watch, Watches

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

Dangerous, Fall, Falls, Happened, Time

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.

Help, Helping, Know, Knows, Survive, Wonder

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

Destroyed, Fact, Facts, Havens, Takes, You Don'T Love Me

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

Figure, Horse, Inspirational, Motivational, Reason, Wrong

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.

Believe, Huge, Lucky, Ones, Talent

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Struggle, Giving, Tree, Beauty, Gives

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

Exercise, Eye, Glasses, People, Strong

Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.

Nothing, Resolved

Interesting people always have a past.

Interesting, Past, People

When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.

Kill, Pain, People, Suicidal, Suicide, Think

Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.

Book, People, Reading, Share, Whenever

Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.

Dozens, Horse, Lake, Like, Morning, Yellow

She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.

Admiration, Decided, Felt, People, Sorry

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

Get Better, Sicker, Sometimes

All seasons have something to offer

Offer, Offers, Seasons

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