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Laurie Halse Anderson Inspirational Quotes (129)

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Write about the emotions you fear the most.
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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.
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Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.
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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.
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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.
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Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them.
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He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
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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.
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I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.
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The constitution does not recognize different classes of citizenship based on time spent living in the country. I am a citizen, with the same rights as your son, or you. As a citizen, and as a student, I am protesting the tone of this lesson as racist, intolerant, and xenophobic.
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Having a friend made everything else suck less.
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This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values.
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Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses.
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I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.
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The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up.
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I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to self-harm.
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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 didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.
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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?
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I make it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown.
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I understood what triggered her earthquakes, most of them.
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I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.
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I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
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I live in the borderlands. The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism. My visions echo and multiplymultiply. I don't know how to figure out what they mean. I can't tell where they start or if they will end. But I know this. If they shrink my head any more, or float me away on an ocean of pills, I will never return.
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To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door.
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