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“Mom told him he was a sting rotten drunk.”
The book is full of broken promises, most of which are from Rex. Rex told the kids that they were building the glass castle and had the kids help him dig the foundation pit. He also told Jeannette he would quit drinking but failed. However the worst of the parents broken promises was their promise to protect and care for the children. The quote comes after Rex broke his promise to Jeannette to quit drinking.

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“I’d spent so much time in Welch trying to make things a little bit better, but nothing had worked.”
The parents and the kids live in two separate worlds. The parents live in this fantasy world where they are the center. Rec thinks he is going to make it as this brilliant inventor and Rose Mary thinks she is an amazing artist with no obligations but to make art. Meanwhile the kids are out in the real world where all they see are two parents not willing to take care of their children. The kids are forces to fend for them selves and eventually for their parents. The quote is from when they lived in a shack in Welch. Jeannette decided that sense they would be there for a while she would paint the house to make it a little more like home but no one would help her to do the task.

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"I wore it on my belt under my clothes at all times"
Throughout the book the kids move from home to home, state to state, and school to school. All of this, lack of structure, will mess with a kid. However these children fought through it all and persevere. Now Jeannette is a famous author with a nice house, Lori is an artist in New York, and Brian is a retired Police officer but they all had to fight to get there. The quote is from when Jeannette lost Oz and went out and bought a con purse. Even after her dreams were ruined she keep going on and trying to make it to New York.

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"'Whenever I think of you, I figure I must have done something right.'

'Course you did dad.'"

By the end of the book Jeannette has accepted her parents will never change. She decides that she should just love them for who they are. Today Rose Mary lives with Jeannette on her ranch. The quote is near the end of the book when her father is dying and they are remembering the old times and Jeannette begins to realize she would not be who she is without them and is forgiving him for his mistakes. The picture is of Jeannette and Rose Mary in Rose Mary's house on the ranch.She Still has not changed her ways or apologised for the way she raised her kids but Jeannette still accepts her for who she is.

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”In my mind, Dad was perfect, although he did have what Mom called a little bit of a drinking situation.” pg.23
Throughout the book we see the kids neglected by both parents. Their mother reuses to work, she will not sell unused land for the children to eat, and she hoards chocolate. Meanwhile their dad is an alcoholic who can't hold a job and steels from the mom and the kids. However in the end Jeannette still loves her parents and knows this is just who they are.

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“There was nothing inside but a half-gone stick of margarine.”
Rex and Rose Mary did not provide a stable home or life for the children. They would move from home to home, be pulled out of school without notice, and at many times be left without food to eat.