It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life. Laurie Halse Anderson More Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson More Quotes From Laurie Halse Anderson Having a friend made everything else suck less. Laurie Halse Anderson made She looks like a china doll, observed Grandfather as we departed. I will break just as easily, I muttered. Laurie Halse Anderson departed grandfather life It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. It's all about SYMBOLISM, says Hairwoman. Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break -- these were all done on purpose. To get a decent grade in her class, we have to figure out what he was really trying to say. Why couldn't he just say what he meant? Would they pin scarlet letters on his chest? B for blunt, S for straightforward? Laurie Halse Anderson symbolism reading class Memory cuts both ways; it can either provide you with tremendous strength and a foundation to carry you through your life, or it can be a demon that just ruins your present and your future because you can’t let go of the past. Laurie Halse Anderson cutting letting-go memories Melancholy held me hostage, and the bees built a hive of sadness in my soul. Laurie Halse Anderson sadness soul bees The feedback I get is that my books are honest. I don't sugar-coat anything. Life is really hard. Laurie Halse Anderson anything feedback hard life 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. Laurie Halse Anderson parents bad confused identity You know how sometimes you hear a chord played on an organ and you can feel it vibrating in your bones? Sometimes when I'm writing, I can feel my bones vibrating because I'll have a thought or I'll have a character's voice in my head, and that's when I know I'm on the right track. Laurie Halse Anderson feel you sometimes character Sometimes things just fall out of your head on the paper, and if you're smart, you learn not to touch them. Laurie Halse Anderson you smart sometimes fall Sometimes when I find myself very irritated about a topic, I know it's my next book. Laurie Halse Anderson myself know sometimes book I think how veterans are treated in our country is an abomination. We don't have the draft any more, which is why so many soldiers come from working-class - rather than middle- or high-income families. Those wealthier families aren't affected, so they're not agitating for change. Laurie Halse Anderson soldiers more think change That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you're not alone and that's what's so comforting about books. Laurie Halse Anderson alone you book world I don't reread my books after they're published, because it's agony. Laurie Halse Anderson after books because agony I think maybe I might have to do what some other authors do, which is do a variation on my name, just to send readers the message that, 'Yep, this is me, but this is a different part of me. So brace yourself.' Laurie Halse Anderson name yourself think me I'm finally watching 'Mad Men.' As a child of the '60s, I can't believe how old everything looks! I am the age of baby Eugene. Laurie Halse Anderson i-am age men believe I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers. Laurie Halse Anderson me perfect depression life This is my one beef with Hollywood: It's great for movie sales, but they've created this fiction for us that, when you have a hard thing in your life, it's going to get fixed, and then your life will be awesome! Forever! Laurie Halse Anderson will great you life I'm a big 'Star Trek' fan. Laurie Halse Anderson big-star fan star big I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking. Laurie Halse Anderson wonder talking long When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead inside—walking through their days with no idea who they are, just waiting for a heart attack or cancer or a Mack truck to come along and finish the job. It's the saddest thing I know. Laurie Halse Anderson cancer heart jobs
