One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
Jeannette Walls
You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and if you sit around wringing your hands about it, you'll out on all the adventure.
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You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
forgiveness hate
People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.
people lifestyle animals freedom
New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.
funny
God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
life game hands god
If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.
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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?
belief religion hard-work god
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.
purpose life time god
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.
life-and-living
Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
comedy life tragedy
Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that 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.
philosophy purpose-of-life
reading summer
She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
reading
People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul..
parenting children suffering
I became known as Lily Casey, the mustang-breaking, poker-playing, horse-race-winning schoolmarm of Coconino County, and it wasn't half bad to be in place where no one had a problem with a woman having a moniker like that.
women
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