--- title: "11 Enough Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson" description: "11 Enough quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson. Plus more from Laurie Halse Anderson and more Enough sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/laurie-halse-anderson-623_bigs_i-want-to-be-in-fifth-grade-again-now-th_2584358.png" --- > [I want to be in fifth grade again. Now, that is a deep dark secret, almost as big as the other one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-want-to-be-in-fifth-grade-again-now-that-is-a-deep-dark-secret/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/laurie-halse-anderson-623_bigs_i-want-to-be-in-fifth-grade-again-now-th_2584358.png) > [I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thought-long-and-hard-enough/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/laurie-halse-anderson-623_done_i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thou_2789335.png) > [The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/the-only-number-that-would-ever-be-enough-is-0-zero-pounds-zero-life/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/laurie-halse-anderson-623_anorexia_the-only-number-that-would-ever-be-enoug_663117.png) > [Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/emma-is-a-mattress-who-got-thrown-off-the-truck-when-her-parents/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/laurie-halse-anderson-623_blame_emma-is-a-mattress-who-got-thrown-off-th_1746425.png) > [Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/sometimes-i-think-high-school-is-one-long-hazy-activity-if-you-are/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/laurie-halse-anderson-623_adults_sometimes-i-think-high-school-is-one-lon_3171243.png) > [I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-don-t-just-use-yarn-from-a-store-i-buy-old-sweaters-from/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/laurie-halse-anderson-623_bigs_i-don-t-just-use-yarn-from-a-store-i-buy_3190412.png) > [I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-pull-my-lower-lip-all-the-way-in-between-my-teeth-if-i-try-hard/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/laurie-halse-anderson-623_enough_i-pull-my-lower-lip-all-the-way-in-betwe_1772132.png) > [In one universe, they are gorgeous, straight-teethed, long-legged, wrapped in designer fashions, and given sports cars on their sixteenth birthdays. Teacher smile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/in-one-universe-they-are-gorgeous-straight-teethed-long-legged/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/laurie-halse-anderson-623_abortion_in-one-universe-they-are-gorgeous-straig_410360.jpg) > [Adrenaline kicks you in when you’re starving. That’s what nobody understands. Except for being hungry and cold, most of the time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/adrenaline-kicks-you-in-when-you-re-starving-that-s-what-nobody/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/laurie-halse-anderson-623_adrenaline_adrenaline-kicks-you-in-when-you-re-star_1728905.png) > [Two days later, two days before Christmas, I am judged fat and sane enough to be kicked out of the hospital. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/two-days-later-two-days-before-christmas-i-am-judged-fat-and-sane/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/laurie-halse-anderson-623_bed_two-days-later-two-days-before-christmas_2516493.png) > [Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/mr-freeman-you-are-getting-better-at-this-but-it-s-not-good-enough/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/laurie-halse-anderson-623_average_mr-freeman-you-are-getting-better-at-thi_1137322.png) ## Other authors on Enough ## More by Laurie Halse Anderson > [“The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/the-word-ghost-sounds-like-memory-the-word-therapy-means-exorcism/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/censorship-is-the-child-of-fear-and-the-father-of-ignorance/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-have-this-halfway-place-a-rest-stop-on-the-road-to-sleep-where-i/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-can-see-us-living-in-the-woods-her-wearing-that-a-me-with-a-s-maybe/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/eating-plain-toast-will-detonate-her-i-ll-have-some-honey-when-the/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/cutting-pain-was-a-different-flavor-of-hurt-it-made-it-easier-not-to/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-am-learning-how-to-be-angry-and-sad-and-lonely-and-joyful-and/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/leaning-against-my-father-the-sadness-finally-broke-open-inside-me/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [I like cheeseburgers too much to be a model.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-like-cheeseburgers-too-much-to-be-a-model/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-am-getting-better-at-smiling-when-people-expect-it/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [“All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/all-that-crap-you-hear-on-tv-about-communication-and-expressing/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [I doubt trees are ever told to 'be the screwed-up ninth-grader.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-doubt-trees-are-ever-told-to-be-the-screwed-up-ninth-grader/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [“It was the most eloquent silence I ever heard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/it-was-the-most-eloquent-silence-i-ever-heard/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-ve-dealt-with-depression-my-entire-life-on-and-off-which-makes-me/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/what-did-it-feel-like-to-die-was-it-a-peaceful-sleep-some-thought-it/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/laurie-halse-anderson/#itemlist", "name": "11 Enough Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to be in fifth grade again. Now, that is a deep dark secret, almost as big as the other one. Fifth grade was easy -- old enough to play outside without Mom, too young to go off the block. 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