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Jeannette Walls is an American author who gained fame with her memoir, 'The Glass Castle'. The book tells the story of her upbringing in poverty and chaos with her family in the American West.

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

Hard Spirit Too Much Creatures Luck Permanent Meanness

Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

“No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.”

Hard Amount Smart Brave Expected Brian Brave One

Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

“She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.”

Giving Made Said Hard Effects Mom Breathe Made It Delicate Breeding Lace Vapor Corsets

Book:Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

Source: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

“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.”

Hard Middle Figures Mom Gods Will Awful Hindsight

Book:Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

Source: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

“Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.”

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Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

“Life there was hard and it made people hard.”

People Made Hard

Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

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

Ifs Hard Tables

Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

About the Author

Born: April 21, 1960
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 146

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The Glass Castle: A MemoirRelated source material

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