School Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

14 School quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson’s short set of thoughts on school zeroes in on the emotional currents of teenage life. Though modest in number, these fourteen lines give a clear sense of her candid, empathetic voice toward education.

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“Ninth grade is a minor inconvenience to him. A zit-cream commercial before the Feature Film of Life.”

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I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit…

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School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

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It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache.

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I make it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown.

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It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

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I just thought of a great theory that explains everything. When I went to that party, I was abducted by aliens. They…

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I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest…

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She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the back of the hand to the forehead.…

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“Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become…

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Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become…

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I want to tell him that it's just a stupid car, but bits of me are scattered all over town; the graveyard,…

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My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, Mastercard, and American…

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“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL 1. We are here to help you. 2. You will have time…

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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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