“Ouch," he said. "Move your foot." "No." "Go away." "Glad to see you, too." "What are you doing here?" I asked. "You… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL 1. We are here to help you. 2. You will have time… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“In the spring of fifth grade, the boob fairy arrived with her wand and smacked Cassie wicked hard.” — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Do you know how much women loathe it when guys think every show of negative emotion is tied to our menstrual cycle,… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“I embarked on a campaign of honey and kindness, which, if you've never tried it, is very hard to do with someone… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Are you a man-whore?" I asked as the loudest group of them teetered away on their high heels. (High heels? Really? At… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“I just do what I'm told. If I felt like talking, I would explain that she couldn't pay me enough to play… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Brain: You don’t want this. Hormones: Dude, this is EXACTLY what I want. B: No, not like this—she's wasted. H: What's your… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism” — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“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… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
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… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I doubt trees are ever told to 'be the screwed-up ninth-grader.' — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
