I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.
Jeannette WallsSometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person's life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another and then another and another, eventually setting off just as big a change in a body's life.
Jeannette WallsThe fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.
Jeannette WallsWhy 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?
Jeannette Walls