We're stronger than we realize.

Kids are smarter than you realize.

A lady's hair is her crowning glory

All seasons have something to offer

My life is not just about the past.

Everything in life is gray, you know.

Interesting people always have a past.

I love Woody Harrelson. He's a fine actor.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

Life there was hard and it made people hard.

I feel like 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.'

[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

I didn't want to be the daughter of the crazy people.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.

New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

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

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

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.

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

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

I have a joyful life, and I attribute that to both of my parents.

You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it.

Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.

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

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

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

Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.

I didn't have indoor plumbing. I'd go to school dirty. I didn't have lunches.

I never thought 'The Glass Castle' would be a movie. It's just too complicated.

It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.

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

Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito

You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.

I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.

I had the big shoulders; I had the big hair. I loved the '80s. It was all about power women.

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

Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

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