Author: Tara Westover

Quotes

I didn't even have a birth certificate until I was 9 years old, which meant that, according to the state of Idaho and the federal government, I just didn't exist.

I didn't even have a birth certificate until I was 9 years old, which meant that, according to the state of Idaho and the federal government, I just didn't exist.

- Tara Westover

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

- Tara Westover

There was a lot of beauty in my childhoood.

There was a lot of beauty in my childhoood.

- Tara Westover

I used to roof hay barns for my father. It's dangerous work. Writing is much better.

I used to roof hay barns for my father. It's dangerous work. Writing is much better.

- Tara Westover

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

- Tara Westover

An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.

An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.

- Tara Westover

I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies. When the World of Men failed, my family would continue on, unaffected.

I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies. When the World of Men failed, my family would continue on, unaffected.

- Tara Westover

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

- Tara Westover

There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.

There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.

- Tara Westover

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