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“I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“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.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour," she'd ask us, "when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, he'd say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
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