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title: "11 Littles Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson"
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> [If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/if-i-can-write-a-book-that-will-help-the-world-make-a-little-more/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/laurie-halse-anderson-623_book_if-i-can-write-a-book-that-will-help-the_1738726.png)

> [There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/there-is-something-about-christmas-that-requires-a-rug-rat-little-4/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

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> [Because I am still a little girl who believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/because-i-am-still-a-little-girl-who-believes-in-santa-and-the-tooth/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/laurie-halse-anderson-623_believe_because-i-am-still-a-little-girl-who-bel_1108840.png)

> [I am almost a real girl the entire drive home. I went to a diner. I drank hot chocolate and ate french…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-am-almost-a-real-girl-the-entire-drive-home-i-went-to-a-diner-i/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/laurie-halse-anderson-623_chocolate_i-am-almost-a-real-girl-the-entire-drive_1555475.png)

> [We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/we-re-good-at-taking-care-of-little-kids-and-spend-a-lot-of-energy/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

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> [The bathroom door swings open. Emma sees the blood painting my skin and the red rivers carved on my body. Emma sees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/the-bathroom-door-swings-open-emma-sees-the-blood-painting-my-skin/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/laurie-halse-anderson-623_bathroom_the-bathroom-door-swings-open-emma-sees_1051496.jpg)

> [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 handed my tools. The two of them reached down to help me out of the crater I'd dug. ''Isn't that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-handed-my-tools-the-two-of-them-reached-down-to-help-me-out-of-the/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/laurie-halse-anderson-623_china_i-handed-my-tools-the-two-of-them-reache_1218647.jpg)

> [A little kid asks my dad why that man is chopping down the tree. Dad: He's not chopping it down. He's saving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/a-little-kid-asks-my-dad-why-that-man-is-chopping-down-the-tree-dad/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

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> [What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/what-do-you-miss-about-being-alive-the-sound-of-my-mom-singing-a/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/laurie-halse-anderson-623_alive_what-do-you-miss-about-being-alive-the-s_562462.jpg)

> [There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/there-is-something-about-christmas-that-requires-a-rug-rat-little-2/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

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## Other authors on Littles

## 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/)

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