Adults Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

8 Adults quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson shares eight brief thoughts on adults, focusing on resilience, empathy, and the complexities of navigating adulthood.

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We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But…

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We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and…

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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…

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Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them.

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Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them.

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I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to…

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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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Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become…

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I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy.

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“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in…

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I like cheeseburgers too much to be a model.

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I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

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“All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to…

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I doubt trees are ever told to 'be the screwed-up ninth-grader.'

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“It was the most eloquent silence I ever heard.”

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I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.

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“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.…

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