Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt…

Jeannette Walls
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Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.55, Simon and Schuster
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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.129, Simon and Schuster
Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Cast … ▶
Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever? ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Cast … ▶
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.
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

Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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