144 Quotes by Tara Westover

BYU was a really positive place for me.

You can miss someone every day and still be glad you don't have to see them.

When I was 17, I went to Brigham Young University. That was the first time I had set foot in a classroom.

My brother once lit his leg on fire. And after, when the fire was finally out, his leg was covered in third-degree burns. And we made the decision - or my parents did - not to take him to the hospital but to treat that at home with a salve my mother made of comfrey and lobelia.

Although my family attended the same church as everyone in our town, our religion was not the same. I could stand with my family or with the gentiles... but there was no foothold in between.

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

If you want to live a miserable life, making your life all about other people is the way to do it.

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.

I choose not to see my parents because I value myself - and they didn't value me or my mind.