Rizwanur Rahman

“You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Then he pointed to the top of the fire, where the snapping yellow flames dissolved into an invisible shimmery heat that made the desert beyond seem to waver, like a mirage. Dad told us that zone was known in physics as the boundary between turbulence and order. “It’s a place where no rules apply, or at least they haven’t figured ’em out yet,” he said. “You-all got a little too close to it today.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle