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Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Laurie Beth Halse
Escape
Stronger
Battle
Pain

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i decapitated dandelions all morning, leaving carnage and death strewn into my path.
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I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
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I keep thinking that if I could just unzip my skin, step out of this body, then I would see who I really am.“ She nods her head slowly. „What do you think you‘d look like?” “Smaller, for a start.
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Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.
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It's a shame we can't just admit that we failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.
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Everybody told me to be a man. Nobody told me how.
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There is nothing wrong with me. These are really sick people, sick that you can see.
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Why are you being so mean? Friends tell friends the truth. yeah, but not to hurt, to help.
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Having a friend made everything else suck less.
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They mean hot like 'I'm too good for you I got my own money don't be frontin' me.' You're more like 'Be my boyfriend I'll make you cookies come meet my dad ' know what I mean
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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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Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.
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She offered herself to the big, bad wolf and didn't scream when he took the first bite.
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Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.
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We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.
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I'm learning how to taste everything.
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