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The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Laurie Beth Halse
Shy
Nobody
Alone
Left
Thing
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I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone to sit next to. A predator approaches: gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head. Probably a social studies teacher, hired to coach a blood sport.
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To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door.
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Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.
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I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but it’s over, and I’m not going to think about it.
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Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating.
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I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
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