Hurt Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

12 Hurt quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson’s twelve short statements capture the sting of hurt with a clear, unflinching voice. The brevity of the set makes each line stand out, offering quick, honest insight.

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It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.

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I knew how much it hurt to be the daughter of people who can't see you, not even if you are standing…

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Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help.

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“And that’s the problem. When you’re alive, people can hurt you. It’s easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift…

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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…

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“When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier…

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She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live,…

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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 showed her how I'd been making tiny cuts in my skin to let the badness and the pain leak out. They…

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You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma…

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I swallowed the fear. It’s always there– fear– and if you don’t stay on top of it, you’ll drown. I swallowed again…

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I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry…

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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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