Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.
Jeannette WallsThe women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy-angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.
Jeannette WallsI lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.
Jeannette Walls