The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have be…

Jeannette Walls
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The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy-angles leading their flocks out of the darkness. ✨ Half Broke Horses. Book by Jeannette Walls, 2009.
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She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.151, Simon and Schuster
I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.34, Simon and Schuster
No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics. ✨ The Glass Castle. Book by Jeannette … ▶
You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2006). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.227, Simon and Schuster
The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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