Body Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

10 Body quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Anderson’s ten short reflections on physical experience capture a raw, relatable tone that resonates with many readers.

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My face becomes a Picasso sketch, my body slicing into pieces.

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Used to be that my whole body was my canvas-hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks…

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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…

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The bathroom door swings open. Emma sees the blood painting my skin and the red rivers carved on my body. Emma sees…

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I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope…

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Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family…

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Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting…

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I swallowed the fear. It’s always there– fear– and if you don’t stay on top of it, you’ll drown. I swallowed again…

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I showed her how I'd been making tiny cuts in my skin to let the badness and the pain leak out. They…

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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…

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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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“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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