Jeannette Walls

Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You're scarred for life. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life #state-benefits #welfare #change

In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#education

What doesn't kill you will make you stronger ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life #parenting #life

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#change

And if the world went to hell in a handbasket-as it seemed to be doing-you could say good-bye to everyone and retreat to your land, hunkering down and living off it. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life

Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#truth #turn-of-the-century-texas #life

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#parents #respect #respect

You know you're down and out when Okies laugh at you,' she said. With our garbage bag taped window, our tied down hood, and art supplies strapped to the roof, we'd out-Okied the Okies. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#oklahoma #poor #art

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

— Jeannette Walls

#boss #business-advice #career-ladder #fortune #wealth

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

— Jeannette Walls

#inspirational #meaningful #symbolic #beauty