Laurie Halse Anderson quotes - page 4

If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem. (Laurie Halse Anderson)
I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid. View quote
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I knew it!" He pumps a fist into the air. "You've fallen in love with me. You want to have my babies. We'll get a team of horses and a covered wagon and we'll journey to South America and raise goats. View quote
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I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I need to see my bones or I will hate myself even more and I might cut my heart out or take every pill that was ever made. View quote
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I'm learning how to taste everything. View quote
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This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values.... View quote
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I see IT in the hallway. IT goes to Merryweather. IT is walking with Aubrey cheerleader. IT is my nightmare and I can't wake up. IT sees me. IT smiles and winks. Good thing my lips are stitched together or I'd throw up. View quote
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There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is "why not?" I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did. View quote
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She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so... I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her. View quote
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I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself. View quote
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I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf/shawl/blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm. (Laurie Halse Anderson)
be aggressive, BE-BE Aggressive! B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E. View quote
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Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself. View quote
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Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. View quote
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Do they choose to be so dense? Were they born that way? I have no friends. I have nothing. I say nothing. I am nothing. View quote
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Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger. View quote
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It's bad timing, but a lot of kids become teenagers just as their parents are hitting their mid-life crisis. So everybody's miserable and confused and seeking that new sense of identity. View quote
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I am getting better at smiling when people expect it. View quote
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Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest. View quote
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IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. View quote
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When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Mr. Freeman sighs. "No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you! View quote
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Here stands a girl clutching a knife. There is grease on the stove, blood in the air, and angry words piled in the corners. We are trained not to see it, not to see any of it.... Someone just ripped off my eyelids. View quote
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I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. View quote
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You're not dead, but you're not alive, either. You're a wintergirl. View quote
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