Author: Tara Westover

Quotes

There was a lot of beauty in my childhoood.

There was a lot of beauty in my childhoood.

- Tara Westover

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

- Tara Westover

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 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

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

We think love is noble, and in some ways, it is. But in some ways, it isn't. Love is just love. And sometimes people do terrible things because of it.

We think love is noble, and in some ways, it is. But in some ways, it isn't. Love is just love. And sometimes people do terrible things because of it.

- 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

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

It's very difficult to continue to believe in yourself and that you're a good person when the people who know you best don't.

It's very difficult to continue to believe in yourself and that you're a good person when the people who know you best don't.

- Tara Westover

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