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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