God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
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The quote illustrates the idea that life presents everyone with unique challenges and opportunities, much like a deck of cards. It suggests that it's not the situation itself that defines our lives, but rather how we choose to respond and navigate through those circumstances. Each person's experience reflects their individual strengths and decisions in the face of adversity.

This perspective encourages personal responsibility and resilience. By recognizing that we have the power to shape our outcomes, we foster a mindset where we actively engage with our life's challenges. Jeannette Walls' exploration of these themes in "Half Broke Horses" underscores the notion that our choices ultimately determine the paths we take.

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Most important thing in life, he would say, is learning how to fall. *
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Most important thing in life, he would say, is learning how to fall. *
I've told you before, life's not about doing what you want.
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
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WHEN PEOPLE KILL THEMSELVES, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
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There was nothing to compare with standing on a piece of land you owned free and clear. No one could push you off it, no one could take it from you, no one could tell you what to do with it. The soil belonged to you, and so did every rock, every blade of grass, every tree, and all the water and minerals under the land all the way to the center of the earth. And if the world went to hell in a hand-basket-as it seemed to be doing-you could say good-bye to everyone and retreat to your land, hunkering down and living off it. Land belonged to you and yours forever.
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
There was nothing to compare with standing on a piece of land you owned free and clear. No one could push you off it, no one could take it from you, no one could tell you what to do with it. The soil belonged to you, and so did every rock, every blade of grass, every tree, and all the water and minerals under the land all the way to the center of the earth. And if the world went to hell in a hand-basket-as it seemed to be doing-you could say good-bye to everyone and retreat to your land, hunkering down and living off it. Land belonged to you and yours forever.
aficionados of the weather. We'd follow a storm
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
aficionados of the weather. We'd follow a storm
Dad said High Lonesome, as the area was known, wasn't a place for the soft of head or the weak of heart, and he said that was why he and I made out just fine there, because we were both tough nuts.
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
Dad said High Lonesome, as the area was known, wasn't a place for the soft of head or the weak of heart, and he said that was why he and I made out just fine there, because we were both tough nuts.
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and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook.I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the world--if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is!
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