Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes


There is no magic cure no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward an easier day an unexpected laugh a mirror that doesnt matter anymore. Laurie Halse Anderson Self esteem 229
Youre not dead but youre not alive either. Youre a wintergirl LiaLia caught in between the worlds. Youre a ghost with a beating heart. Soon youll cross the border and be with me. Im so stoked. I miss you wicked. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 110
I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything just to get rid of this these thoughts whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head too Laurie Halse Anderson Depression 96
I can see us living in the woods her wearing that A me with a S maybe S for silent S for stupid for scared. S for silly. For shame. Laurie Halse Anderson Teenagers 90
Its easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school. Laurie Halse Anderson School 90
I am beginning to measure myself in strength not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. Laurie Halse Anderson Self esteem 90
Mr. Freeman sighs. No imagination. What are you thirteen Fourteen Youve already let them beat your creativity out of you Laurie Halse Anderson Creativity 83
Gym should be illegal. Its humiliating. Laurie Halse Anderson Childhood 81
He doesnt see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the nightmare. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 63
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better. Laurie Halse Anderson Paradise 63
I dont 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 scarfshawlblanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 55
Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and whistle. Laurie Halse Anderson True 50
Cold and silence. Nothing quieter than snow. The sky screams to deliver it a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the blizzard. But once the snow covers the ground it hushes as still as my heart. Laurie Halse Anderson Nature 49
I wish I had cancer. I will burn in hell for that but its true. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 47
CONJUGATE THIS I cut class you cut class he she it cuts class. We cut class they cut class. We all cut class. I cannot say this in Spanish because I did not go to Spanish today. Gracias a dios. Hasta luego. Laurie Halse Anderson Class 47
Its easier not to say anything. Shut your trap button your lip can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say. Laurie Halse Anderson Lie 45
She turns to us acts surprised to see us then does the bit with the back of the hand to the forehead. Youre lost Youre angry Youre in the wrong school Youre in the wrong country Youre on the wrong planet Laurie Halse Anderson School 40
It doesnt hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows. Laurie Halse Anderson Depression 39
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 didnt try hard enough to swallow myself. Laurie Halse Anderson Depression 38
Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 37
A merda de um cara o adubo de outro. Laurie Halse Anderson Fun 36
I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy... Laurie Halse Anderson Recovery 36
I want to go to sleep and not wake up but I dont want to die. Laurie Halse Anderson Quote 36
I failed eating failed drinking failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls. Good thing Im stable. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 35
I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin. Laurie Halse Anderson School 35
I wanted to pull down a book open it proper and gobble up page after page Laurie Halse Anderson Reading 35
Grandma frowned and yelled something in Russian. She could have been saying Open up your best friend is here. On the other hand it could have been America is a great country because of canned ravioli. Laurie Halse Anderson America 34
I want to be in fifth grade again. Now that is a deep dark secret almost as big as the other one. Fifth grade was easy old enough to play outside without Mom too young to go off the block. The perfect leash length. Laurie Halse Anderson Childhood 34
I have survived. I am here. Confused screwed up but here. So how can I find my way Is there a chain saw of the soul an ax I can take to my memories or fears Laurie Halse Anderson Honesty 33
Im learning how to taste everything. Laurie Halse Anderson Recovery 33
I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made and I knit wet swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 33
Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. Its not like you can blame a mattress when people dont tie it down tight enough. Laurie Halse Anderson Divorce 32
The stuffingpukingstuffingpukingstuffingpuking didnt make her skinny it made her cry. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 32
In one aspect yes I believe in ghosts but we create them. We haunt ourselves. Laurie Halse Anderson Ghosts 32
Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head makes you feel strong even if you arent. Laurie Halse Anderson Sun 32
I have never heard a more eloquent silence. Laurie Halse Anderson Silence 31
She cannot chain my soul. Yes she could hurt me. Shed 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. Laurie Halse Anderson Soul 30
I am the space between my thighs daylight shining through. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 30
They mean hot like Im too good for you I got my own money dont be frontin me. Youre more like Be my boyfriend Ill make you cookies come meet my dad know what I mean Laurie Halse Anderson Girls 29
IT happened. There is no avoiding it no forgetting. No running away or flying or burying or hiding. Laurie Halse Anderson Acceptance 29
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 pseudofriend disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I dont feel or look so stupid. Laurie Halse Anderson Friends 28
No I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I dont think you can. Laurie Halse Anderson Relationships 25
I need to finish this scarfshawlblanket thing so I can start something for Emma a hat maybe or a sweater for her stuffed elephant. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 24
Who wants to recover It took me years to get that tiny. I wasnt sick I was strong. Laurie Halse Anderson Eating disorders 19

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