You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every par…

Jeannette Walls
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You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.66, Simon and Schuster
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When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it.
It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.38, Simon and Schuster
It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). Half Broke Horses, p.64, Simon and Schuster
Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't. ✨ Jeannette Walls ( … ▶
Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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