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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 5e53766 | Her eyes were tired, but we're seniors. All seniors have dead eyes. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| dd62fe8 | The doctors tied me back together with twine... They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 3b27e67 | The doctors tied me back together with twine... They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| c294f9f | Can you kill a ghost by driving a knitting needle through her heart? | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| c0d2e74 | 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. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| fc51c0a | A woman withers when she is watered only with tears. | Andrzej Majewski | ||
| ab005ab | 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" | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 233d7e0 | Guidando verso casa sono quasi una ragazza vera. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| a1d6bfe | Stupido corpo. Che senso ha farmi crescere i peli e lasciare invece che i capelli cadano? | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| ead2071 | 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.. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 8c294dd | 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. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| b6ed0b7 | Cutting dead frogs is cool. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| da30798 | 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 | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 4e191e4 | the necessary, impossible goodbye that had suddenly, in slow motion, arrived | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 095f916 | 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.. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 0194592 | 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?" | Finn via Laurie Halse Anderson in The Impossible Knife of Memory | ||
| eb37eb5 | I'm just tired and I can't sleep yet. A woman's work is never done, isn't that what the fools say? | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 649142b | I am trapped with Andy Evans. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 5dd540e | 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. | growing-up kids teenagers zombies | Laurie Halse Anderson | |
| 6080a23 | S for silent, for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| cb13483 | 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.. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 1c7a20c | 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. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 3d1cb3f | Don't be so hard on yourself. Art is about making mistakes and learning from them. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 30a2968 | 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 | ||
| 8e482fa | 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!" | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 5aebba9 | The officer kicked the stool away. This time the rope did not break. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 0926c51 | This is how terrorists get started, this kind of harmless fun. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| f6f64f5 | 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. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| afc4846 | You been too strong," she said firmly. "I know about that. Strong starts out being the right thing. Your hands grow strong enough for your work. Your back strengthens under your burdens. Soon your mind becomes strongest of all; has to be to get through the hard days. " - Serafina Ashes: Seeds of America - Laurie Halse Anderson" | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| a0b1751 | Trying to figure out what you want to do, who you want to be, is messy as hell; the best anyone can hope for is to figure out the next step. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 4ecfd24 | Welcome to the only class that will teach you how to survive. Welcome to art. This is where you find your true self, if you dare(16)"." | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| f0e5195 | A kid asked him what his painting was. "It's Venice at night, an accountant's soul, the blood of imbeciles. Smoker's lung. Tenure. The inside of a lock, the taste of iron. Despair. A city with the streetlights shot out, the heart of a school board director." Some teachers whisper he's having a breakdown. I think he's the sanest person I know(181)"." | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| f736d5c | Congratulations," she said formally. "You have gradated." | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| a168109 | Defense lawyer did his job by attacking the victim shouting that she drank, she danced, she dressed to look good she wanted it, she followed him liked it rough or planned on marriage or extortion as she cried on the stand, long blonde hair in front of her face, a curtain for her sanity, he painted her into a corner with accusations | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 2a9e913 | Persephone tucks a lock of Ophelia's hair behind the shell of her ear and Ophelia takes Persephone's hand and gently kisses the palm. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 599026e | stories entertain engage, outrage uplift, help us overcome our troubles . . . stories activate, motivate, celebrate, cerebrate, snare our fates and share our great incarnations of hope | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| a1e9d6c | I try not to dwell on this. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 1b2ec4f | Nothing. It all sounds stupid. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 147a489 | Don't forget how to be gentle," she warned. "Don't let the hardness of the world steal the softness of your heart. The greatest strength of all is daring to love." | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| b233bc7 | I need to study David Petrakis. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 7baf49b | I want to kill him. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 07b30a7 | I'm feeling pretty damn good for a change. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 30fa2e3 | I stand on the edge of a cliff, wondering if I'm going to fall or jump. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 3e2d115 | My fingers stroking the bark, seeking a Braille code, a clue, a message on how to come back to life after my long undersnow dormancy. I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So how can I find my way? Is there a chainsaw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears? | Laurie Halse Anderson |