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“Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential."
Jeannette achieves her dream of leaving her dilapidated West Virginia town by babysitting, writing for the local paper, and saving every cent she earns in a piggy bank named Oz.

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“Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”
Jeannette only slowly comes to realize that the idea of the Glass Castle was never more than a dream based on her own illusions about her father.

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“Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.”
Jeannette had realized that her parents always lie to her and tell her everything is okay when it is really not.

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“I hate Erma," I told Mom...
"You have to show compassion for her..."
Erma sexually harrasses Brian but Rose Mary didn't do anything about it to protect him.

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"You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies."
Jeannette never forgave her mother but she did accept her and cared for her.

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“Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.”
In high school Jeannette became a mother figure for her siblings and was the one who talked like an adult.