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Eating Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

8 Eating quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson offers eight short reflections on eating, each reflecting her thoughtful, narrative‑driven voice. This compact set serves as a quick glimpse into her literary take.

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Eating plain toast will detonate her. "I'll have some honey." When the bread is done I scrape on a microscopic layer of…

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I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and…

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Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?

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I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive,…

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I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or…

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He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the nightmare.

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The stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking didn't make her skinny, it made her cry.

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

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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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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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