--- title: "12 Feels Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson" description: "12 Feels quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson. Plus more from Laurie Halse Anderson and more Feels sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/laurie-halse-anderson-623_done_i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thou_2789335.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) > [“For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/for-one-moment-we-are-not-failed-tests-and-broken-condoms-and-2/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/laurie-halse-anderson-623_breath_for-one-moment-we-are-not-failed-tests-a_2900016.png) > [Think about love, or hate, or joy, or pain- whatever makes you feel something, makes your palms sweat, or your toes curl.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/think-about-love-or-hate-or-joy-or-pain-whatever-makes-you-feel/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/laurie-halse-anderson-623_curls_think-about-love-or-hate-or-joy-or-pain_2557200.png) > [I don't say anything and I feel awful. I tell somebody and I feel worse. I'm having trouble finding a middle ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-don-t-say-anything-and-i-feel-awful-i-tell-somebody-and-i-feel/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/laurie-halse-anderson-623_awful_i-don-t-say-anything-and-i-feel-awful-i_516960.png) > [They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots. My insides are draining out of the fault lines in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/they-tied-me-back-together-but-they-didn-t-use-double-knots-my/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/laurie-halse-anderson-623_back-together_they-tied-me-back-together-but-they-didn_1515971.png) > [Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/too-much-sun-after-a-syracuse-winter-does-strange-things-to-your-head/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/laurie-halse-anderson-623_doe_too-much-sun-after-a-syracuse-winter-doe_1399611.jpg) > [Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't want to feel any of this. Puke and starve and cut and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/puke-and-starve-and-cut-and-drink-because-you-don-t-want-to-feel-any/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/laurie-halse-anderson-623_beauty_puke-and-starve-and-cut-and-drink-becaus_1091874.jpg) > [You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/you-hurt-her-by-starving-yourself-you-hurt-her-with-your-lies-and-by/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/laurie-halse-anderson-623_couple_you-hurt-her-by-starving-yourself-you-hu_1971473.png) > [I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-sit-at-a-table-close-to-his-desk-ivy-is-in-this-class-she-sits-by/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/laurie-halse-anderson-623_class_i-sit-at-a-table-close-to-his-desk-ivy-i_1409599.jpg) > [I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-need-a-new-friend-i-need-a-friend-period-not-a-true-friend-nothing/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/laurie-halse-anderson-623_accessories_i-need-a-new-friend-i-need-a-friend-peri_397416.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) > [We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/we-tilt-our-heads-back-and-open-wide-the-snow-drifts-into-our-zombie/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/laurie-halse-anderson-623_boxes_we-tilt-our-heads-back-and-open-wide-the_422191.png) ## Other authors on Feels ## 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/feels/laurie-halse-anderson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Feels Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've actually done it, and then you're never quite sure what your limits are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laurie Halse Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thought-long-and-hard-enough/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/laurie-halse-anderson-623_done_i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thou_2789335.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/laurie-halse-anderson-623_done_i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thou_2789335.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/laurie-halse-anderson-623_done_i-scared-myself-because-once-you-ve-thou_2789335.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally…” — Laurie Halse Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds. 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