Author: Tara Westover

Quotes

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

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

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

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

- Tara Westover

I knew how to write like an academic, so I knew how to write academic papers and essays and things. But the things that are great for an essay are unbearable in narrative writing.

I knew how to write like an academic, so I knew how to write academic papers and essays and things. But the things that are great for an essay are unbearable in narrative writing.

- 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

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

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

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