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She picked up her mighty pen and wrote another letter, this time to President Abraham Lincoln. America needed Thanksgiving, now more than ever. A holiday wouldn't stop the war, but it could help bring the country together. She signed the letter, folded it, and slid it into an envelope. She wrote Mr. Lincoln's name and address on the envelope and stuck on a stamp. She mailed the letter. She waited. And she waited. And then... LINCOLN SAID YE..
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Mi sgridano perche non riesco a vedere quello che vedono loro.
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anorexia
bulimia
inspirational
mia
wintergirls
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Ci tenevamo per mano mentre percorrevamo il sentiero di pan di zenzero dentro la foresta, col sangue che ci gocciolava dalle dita. Danzavamo con le streghe e baciavamo i mostri. Ci trasformammo in ragazze d'inverno e, quando lei cerco di andar via, la spinsi di nuovo nella neve perche avevo paura di restare da sola.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Si sente urlare dal campo, bambine di nove anni che si caricano psicologicamente per vincere. Il calcio professionale per bambini e duro.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Could he hear my heart pounding?
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nervous
pounding
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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I wasn't going to let her sucker me into being her friend again just so she could turn around and crush me one more time.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Per loro sono una bambola cresciuta troppo.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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You think you know everything about Thanksgiving, don't you? ...How the Native Americans saved the Pilgrims from starving... How the Pilgrims held a big feast to celebrate and say thank you: turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberries--the works. Well, listen up. I have a news flash... WE ALMOST LOST...THANKSGIVING! Didn't know that, did you? It's true. Way, way back, when skirts were long and hats were tall, Thanksgiving was fading away. Sure, the fo..
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Mr. Freeman says fear is a great place to begin art.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Yesterday's dirt and mistakes have moved through me. I am shiny and pink inside, clean. Empty is good. Empty is strong.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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I can't stop biting my lips. It looks like my mouth belongs to someone else, someone else, someone I don't even know.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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He says a million things without saying a word. I make a note to study David Petrakis. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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My bed is sending out serious nap rays.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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I would be lucky to get an invitation to my own funeral, with my reputation.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Mom closes her eyes. Her skin is a flat gray color, like underwear that has been washed so many times it's about to fall apart. I feel bad that I didn't fold more shirts for her.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Keep breathing. It took a few minutes but I won. The grey pulled away from my eyes in ribbons and whispered that it would be back soon.
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panic-attack
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Her eyes were tired, but we're seniors. All seniors have dead eyes.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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The doctors tied me back together with twine... They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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The doctors tied me back together with twine... They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Can you kill a ghost by driving a knitting needle through her heart?
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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But they are so cute. And they cheer on our boys, inciting them to violence and, we hope, victory. These are our role models -- the Girls Who Have It All. I bet none of them ever stutter or screw up or feel like their brains are dissolving into marshmallow fluff. They all have beautiful lips, carefully out- lined in red and polished to a shine.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies." --John Gregory , 1774"
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Guidando verso casa sono quasi una ragazza vera.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Stupido corpo. Che senso ha farmi crescere i peli e lasciare invece che i capelli cadano?
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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I nostri genitori ci danno la lista degli ingredienti e ci ricordano di fare scelte sane: uno sport, due club, un hobby artistico, impegno sociale, niente voti sotto l'8, perche sul serio, nessuno vuol essere mediocre, non da queste parti. E' una danza dai passi complicati e con un ritmo che cambio di continuo. Io sono la ragazza che inciampa in mezzo alla pista da ballo e che non riesce a trovare l'uscita. Ho tutti gli occhi puntati addoss..
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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A member of the Archery Club tries to say that we are all foreigners and we should give the country back to the Native Americans, but she's buried under disagreement.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Cutting dead frogs is cool.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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They only want to hear that you're healing, you're in recovery, taking it one day at a time. If you're locked into sick, you should stop wasting their time and just get dead
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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the necessary, impossible goodbye that had suddenly, in slow motion, arrived
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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You can't say that, you can't know what's going to happen." "As soon as you get a higher security clearance, I'll show you the crystal ball that I keep hidden in the bottom of my closet, but until then . . ." He kissed me. "Until then we're going to keep making memories like this, moments when we're the only two people in the whole world. And when we get scared or lonely or confused, we'll pull out these memories and wrap them around us and..
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Ouch," he said. "Move your foot." "No." "Go away." "Glad to see you, too." "What are you doing here?" I asked. "You missed the bus," he said. "I'm sick." "Need chicken soup?" "Actually, it's my period," I lied. "Killer cramps." "Chocolate and a heating pad?"
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Finn via Laurie Halse Anderson in The Impossible Knife of Memory |
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I'm just tired and I can't sleep yet. A woman's work is never done, isn't that what the fools say?
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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I am trapped with Andy Evans.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For one moment we are bot failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds. For one breath everything feels better.
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growing-up
kids
teenagers
zombies
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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S for silent, for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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He says we will graduate knowing how to read and write because we'll spend a million hours learning how to read and write. "Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decided this? Does algebra move you to tears?" (Hands raise, thinking he wants answers.) "Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will n..
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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An unseen hand turned off the radio as he crossed the threshold, and bags of potato chips vanished, leaving the faint scent of salt to mix with vermilion oil paint and wet clay.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Don't be so hard on yourself. Art is about making mistakes and learning from them.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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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.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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I feel like any minute a guy in a lavender suit will burst into the room with a microphone and bellow, "Another alternate-reality moment brought to you by Adolescence!"
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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The officer kicked the stool away. This time the rope did not break.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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This is how terrorists get started, this kind of harmless fun.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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David stares at Mr. Neck, looks at the flag for a minute, then picks up his books and walks out of the room. He says a million things without saying a word. I make a note to study David Petrakis. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
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Laurie Halse Anderson |