Hang the Moon

by Jeannette Walls

jobs, I see it’s not the rain that’s your worry, but the whims of the boss man. Some of the times, the things you’re asked to do are foolish. Leaves you rolling your eyes, but it can be done. It’s when the boss asks you to do something you know to be wrong and you do it anyways. That sort of work whittles away at the soul.

new life ought to be a cause for joy, but if the family’s coming apart, a baby can deepen the divide.

People who’ve never gone without find it easy to pass judgment on those who’ve struggled.

‘Forgive and forget’ is fifty percent bullshit,” the Duke used to say. “Forgive, but don’t ever, ever, forget.”

Sometimes the so-called law is nothing but the haves telling the have-nots to stay in their place.

Obey the law and starve. Or break the law and eat. Not a lot to ponder there.

when you grow up hungry, you’re always hungry.”

There are two kinds of family, those you’re born into and those you put together from pieces that don’t go anywhere else,