It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school. Laurie Halse Anderson More Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson More Quotes From Laurie Halse Anderson Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger. Laurie Halse Anderson strongerpainbattle He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence. Laurie Halse Anderson eloquentsilenceheard It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage. Laurie Halse Anderson good-daygrandfathersleep I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right. Laurie Halse Anderson eyeperfectrivers I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring at her, trying to make her look at me. That happens in movies - people can feel it when oother people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Either Ivy has a great force field, or my lazer vision isn't very strong. Laurie Halse Anderson force-fieldsstrongdoors When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson inspirationaldeathpeople This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before. Do not come here and ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind. Laurie Halse Anderson soulwindlooks You can tell a book is real when your heart beats faster. Real books make you sweat. Cry, if no one is looking. Real books help you make sense of your crazy life. Real books tell it true, don't hold back and make you stronger. But most of all, real books give you hope. Because it's not always going to be like this and books-the good ones, the ones-show you how to make it better. Now. Laurie Halse Anderson crazyrealbook Why not draw naked guys, just to be fair? Naked women is art, naked guys a no-no, I bet. Probably because most painters are men. Laurie Halse Anderson guymenart And then a new screen, one I had never seen before, never even heard of popped up. It gave me a choice. I could become the new Lord of Darkness myself, or I could take a gamble and be reincarnated. I chose wisely. Laurie Halse Anderson choicesdarknesslord In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves. Laurie Halse Anderson aspectghostbelieve It is 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 communicationfeelingslying 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 yarnsweaterscountry 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. Laurie Halse Anderson true-friendclothesstupid School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries. Laurie Halse Anderson libraryluxuryschool If I run or breathe too deep, the cheap stitches holding me together will snap, and all the stickiness inside will pour out and burn through the concrete. Laurie Halse Anderson stitchestogetherrunning Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want. Laurie Halse Anderson adultswantmean I can’t tell anymore when I’m asleep and when I’m awake, or which is worse. Laurie Halse Anderson awakei-can 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 doesn't matter anymore. Laurie Halse Anderson mirrorsself-esteemlaughing I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am. ...It was my fault. Can I kill myself here, or should I do it outside, so the mess on your carpet doesn't upset your mother? Laurie Halse Anderson upsetmothersorry
