Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

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• I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Self Esteem, Inspiration, Pounds

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.230, Scholastic UK

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• IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

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  Running, Flying, Forget

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.198, Macmillan

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• You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

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  Speak, Knows

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• You can tell a book is real when your heart beats faster. Real books make you sweat. Cry, if no one is looking. Real books help you make sense of your crazy life. Real books tell it true, don't hold back and make you stronger. But most of all, real books give you hope. Because it's not always going to be like this and books-the good ones, the ones-show you how to make it better. Now.

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  Crazy, Real, Book

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

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Pain, Battle, Stronger

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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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  Nice, Sleep, Mind

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.165, Macmillan

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• I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.

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  Talking, Long, Wonder

  "Speak". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• 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.

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  Jobs, Cancer, Heart

  Laurie Halse Anderson (1999). “Speak”, Puffin

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• She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.

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  Hurt, Inspiration, Soul

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• A scar is a sign of strength. . .the sign of a survivor.

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  Survivor, Scar

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• When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.

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  Inspirational, Death, People

  Laurie Halse Anderson (1999). “Speak”, Puffin

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• Write about the emotions you fear the most.

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  Motivational, Fear, Writing

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• It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.

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  Lying, Communication, Feelings

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.9, Macmillan

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• I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.

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  Skins, Sound, Fabric

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.162, Macmillan

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• Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

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  Breathing, Eating, Hardest

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.232, Scholastic UK

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• I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

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  Book, Helping, Funny Book

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• I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made, and I knit wet, swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down.

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  Mistake, Apology, Looks

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.195, Penguin

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• If I had lady-spider legs, I would weave a sky where the stars lined up. Matresses would be tied down tight to their trucks, bodies would never crash through windshields. The moon would rise above the wine-dark sea and give babies only to maidens and musicians who had prayed long and hard. Lost girls wouldn't need compasses or maps. They would find gingerbread paths to lead them out of the forest and home again. They would never sleep in silver boxes with white velvet sheets, not until they were wrinkled-paper grandmas and ready for the trip.

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  Girl, Baby, Stars

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• The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

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  Girl, Stars, Moon

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.210, Scholastic UK

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• This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before. Do not come here and ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind.

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  Wind, Soul, Looks

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.10, Macmillan

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• Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!

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  Art, Feelings, Breathe

  Laurie Halse Anderson (1999). “Speak”, Puffin

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• I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

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  People, Get Better, Speak

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.32, Macmillan

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• I know my head isn't screwed on straight. I want to leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else. There is a beast in my gut, I can hear it scraping away at the inside of my ribs. Even if I dump the memory, it will stay with me, staining me. My closest is a good thing, a quiet place that helps me hold these thoughts inside my head where no one can hear them.

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  Memories, Mistake, Hands

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.51, Macmillan

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• Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

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  Art, Creativity, Cake

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• I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf/shawl/blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm.

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  Country, Yarn, Sweaters

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.139, Penguin

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