Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.
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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.
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Everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.
Jeannette WallsI hate Erma," I told Mom...
"You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that."
"Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?"
"Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation.
I realized that you can get so used to certain luxuries that you start to think they’re necessities, but when you have to forgo them, you come to see that you don’t need them after all. There was a big difference between needing things and wanting things—though a lot of people had trouble telling the two apart—and at the ranch, I could see, we’d have pretty much everything we’d need but precious little else.
Jeannette WallsMom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. "A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal".
Jeannette WallsLife's too short to worry about what other people think,'' Mom said.''Anyway, they should accept us for who we are.
Jeannette Wallssometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it
Jeannette WallsCooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.
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