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title: "20 Want Quotes By Laurie Halse Anderson"
description: "20 Want quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson. Plus more from Laurie Halse Anderson and more Want sayings from other authors."
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> [Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/who-wants-to-recover-it-took-me-years-to-get-that-tiny-i-wasn-t-sick/)

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

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> [I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-needed-to-hear-the-world-but-didn-t-want-the-world-to-know-i-was/)

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

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> [I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-want-to-go-to-sleep-and-not-wake-up-but-i-don-t-want-to-die/)

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

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> [I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-want-to-make-a-memorial-for-our-turkey-never-has-a-bird-been-so/)

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

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> [The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/the-one-good-thing-about-being-kind-of-shy-is-that-nobody-bugs-you/)

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

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> [What do I want? The answer to that question does not exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/what-do-i-want-the-answer-to-that-question-does-not-exist/)

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

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> [Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/do-i-want-to-die-from-the-inside-out-or-the-outside-in/)

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

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> [Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/sometimes-being-an-adult-means-doing-the-right-thing-even-if-it-s-not/)

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

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> [I knew it!" He pumps a fist into the air. "You've fallen in love with me. You want to have my babies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-knew-it-he-pumps-a-fist-into-the-air-you-ve-fallen-in-love-with-me/)

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

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> [It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/it-is-easier-not-to-say-anything-shut-your-trap-button-your-lip-can/)

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

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> [I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-just-want-to-sleep-a-coma-would-be-nice-or-amnesia-anything-just-to/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-would-never-be-popular-i-didn-t-want-to-be-i-liked-being-shy-i-d/)

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

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> [I want to be in fifth grade again. Now, that is a deep dark secret, almost as big as the other one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-want-to-be-in-fifth-grade-again-now-that-is-a-deep-dark-secret/)

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

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> [I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-want-to-go-to-sleep-and-not-wake-up-but-i-don-t-want-to-die-i-want/)

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

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> [Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't want to feel any of this. Puke and starve and cut and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/puke-and-starve-and-cut-and-drink-because-you-don-t-want-to-feel-any/)

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

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> [Dead girl walking” the boys say in the halls. “Tell us your secrets” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. "I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/dead-girl-walking-the-boys-say-in-the-halls-tell-us-your-secrets-the/)

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

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-want-to-tell-him-that-it-s-just-a-stupid-car-but-bits-of-me-are/)

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

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> [Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/lawyers-on-tv-always-tell-their-clients-not-to-say-anything-the-cops/)

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

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> [Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/why-you-want-to-know-why-step-into-a-tanning-booth-and-fry-yourself-2/)

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

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> [I know my head isn't screwed on straight. I want to leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-know-my-head-isn-t-screwed-on-straight-i-want-to-leave-transfer/)

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

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## Other authors on Want

## 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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