More quotes by Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

"If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise."
"In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it."
"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."
"...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it."
"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."