We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism” — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
“I have this halfway place, a rest stop on the road to sleep, where I can stay for hours. I don't even need to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
Eating plain toast will detonate her. "I'll have some honey." When the bread is done I scrape on a microscopic layer of it and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
“All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
“What did it feel like to die? Was it a peaceful sleep? Some thought it was full of either trumpet-blowing angels or angry devils.… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
