Jeannette Walls

No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life #love #parenting #life

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

— Jeannette Walls

#inspirational #life #quality #inspirational

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

— Jeannette Walls

#funny

Life there was hard and it made people hard. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#people #life

All seasons have something to offer ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#seasons #life

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

#humor #humor

Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#jewellery #life #time-keeping #watches #life

It (the sun) didn't really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life

Submitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and save ourselves- isn't that what he wanted us to do? ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#god #hard-work #religion #religion

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul... ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#kids-funny #parenting #suffering #funny