Heart Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

10 Heart quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Anderson’s storytelling often balances tough truths with tender moments, and these ten excerpts highlight that blend. The selection provides a brief but clear sense of her compassionate, grounded perspective.

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“The sentences build a fence around her, a Times Roman 10-point barricade, to keep the thorny voices in her head from getting…

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Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!

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I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a…

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Cold and silence. Nothing quieter than snow. The sky screams to deliver it, a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the…

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“Had she ever enjoyed anything? Had every day been a struggle? Perhaps death would be a release, a rest for the weary.”

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“You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl, Lia-Lia, caught in between the worlds. You’re a ghost with a…

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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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You can tell a book is real when your heart beats faster. Real books make you sweat. Cry, if no one is…

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Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides…

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There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for…

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I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for…

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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 it and…

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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 and my…

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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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