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I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Laurie Beth Halse
Wanted
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Gobble
Pull
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I believe that you've created a metaphorical universe in which you can express your darkest fears. In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves, and sometimes we do such a good job, we lose track of reality.
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This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.
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We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.
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Kids are mostly very resilient.
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i decapitated dandelions all morning, leaving carnage and death strewn into my path.
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I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.
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Homework is not an option. My bed is sending out serious nap rays. I can't help myself. The fluffy pillows and warm comforter are more powerful than I am. I have no choice but to snuggle under the covers.
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Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them.
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I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.
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Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.
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Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.
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If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem.
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Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating.
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I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.
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Everybody told me to be a man. Nobody told me how.
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The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow.
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Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.
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Death is funny, when you think about it. Everybody does it, but nobody knows how, exactly how.
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