--- title: "12 Hurt Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson" description: "12 Hurt quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson. Plus more from Laurie Halse Anderson and more Hurt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/laurie-halse-anderson-623_alive_and-that-s-the-problem-when-you-re-alive_995181.jpg" --- > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/and-that-s-the-problem-when-you-re-alive-people-can-hurt-you-it-s/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/laurie-halse-anderson-623_alive_and-that-s-the-problem-when-you-re-alive_995181.jpg) > [Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/laurie-halse-anderson-623_body_cutting-pain-was-a-different-flavor-of-h_42504.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/when-you-re-alive-people-can-hurt-you-it-s-easier-to-crawl-into-a/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/laurie-halse-anderson-623_easier_when-you-re-alive-people-can-hurt-you-it_2858022.png) > [She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/she-cannot-chain-my-soul-yes-she-could-hurt-me-she-d-already-done-so-2/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/laurie-halse-anderson-623_chains_she-cannot-chain-my-soul-yes-she-could-h_2413931.png) > [I knew how much it hurt to be the daughter of people who can't see you, not even if you are standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-knew-how-much-it-hurt-to-be-the-daughter-of-people-who-can-t-see/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/laurie-halse-anderson-623_children_i-knew-how-much-it-hurt-to-be-the-daught_2661840.jpg) > [It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/it-doesn-t-hurt-nothing-hurts-except-the-small-smiles-and-blushes/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/laurie-halse-anderson-623_flash_it-doesn-t-hurt-nothing-hurts-except-the_2172066.png) > [Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/why-are-you-being-so-mean-friends-tell-friends-the-truth-yeah-but-not/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/laurie-halse-anderson-623_friend_why-are-you-being-so-mean-friends-tell-f_1964778.png) > [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 swallowed the fear. It’s always there– fear– and if you don’t stay on top of it, you’ll drown. I swallowed again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-swallowed-the-fear-it-s-always-there-fear-and-if-you-don-t-stay-on/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/laurie-halse-anderson-623_arms_i-swallowed-the-fear-it-s-always-there-f_3047022.png) > [I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-open-a-paperclip-and-scratch-it-across-the-inside-of-my-left-wrist/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/laurie-halse-anderson-623_blood_i-open-a-paperclip-and-scratch-it-across_2993778.png) > [I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-breathe-in-slowly-food-is-life-i-exhale-take-another-breath-food-is/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/laurie-halse-anderson-623_alive_i-breathe-in-slowly-food-is-life-i-exhal_1906454.png) > [I showed her how I'd been making tiny cuts in my skin to let the badness and the pain leak out. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-showed-her-how-i-d-been-making-tiny-cuts-in-my-skin-to-let-the/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/laurie-halse-anderson-623_badness_i-showed-her-how-i-d-been-making-tiny-cu_2080716.png) ## Other authors on Hurt ## 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/hurt/laurie-halse-anderson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Hurt Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 of confusion. It’s easier to lock everybody out. 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