Quotes About Jeannette Walls

Taking care of myself is central to my personality. I'm pathologically independent. There's no doubt that's one reason I never had children.

Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin? I asked Mom. Not exactly, Mom said. God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering.

A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order.