” Everything in life is gray, you know. “
” I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, ‘How do I tell people about you?’ her answer was, ‘Tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple. “
” My advice to anyone is to figure out what you’re good at – what it is that you love doing the most in life – and figure out a way to make a living from it. “
” One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else’s voice. “
” I’m a big believer in luck – the harder you work, the luckier you become. “
” Horses are a mirror of who you are. They’re emotionally dependent on you. “
” Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you’ve actually changed their life in some way. “
” We all have our baggage, and I think the trick is not resisting it but accepting it, understanding that the worst experience has a valuable gift wrapped inside if you’re willing to receive it. “
” So many people ask, ‘How could you forgive your mother for the way you were raised?’ It’s really not forgiveness, in my opinion. It’s acceptance. She’s never going to be the sort of mother who wants to take care of me. “
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