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title: "63 Young-adult-fiction Quotes By Laura Anderson Kurk"
description: "63 Young-adult-fiction quotes by Laura Anderson Kurk. Plus more from Laura Anderson Kurk and more Young-adult-fiction sayings from other authors."
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> [“Then let me be your mercy,” he said. “I’ll never be able to give you smart answers about why we suffer, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/then-let-me-be-your-mercy-he-said-i-ll-never-be-able-to-give-you/)

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> [“Wait,” Quinn said. “There’s one more thing.” I turned around and raised an eyebrow. His eyes were wary and he lacked his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/wait-quinn-said-there-s-one-more-thing-i-turned-around-and-raised-an/)

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> [“I get that. For you, it’s more than following a bunch of rules—no sex, no booze, no swear words, pray every night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-get-that-for-you-it-s-more-than-following-a-bunch-of-rules-no-sex/)

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> [“But Quinn held the fuzzy handcuffs in his hands, looking them over closely, and he smiled. “Oh, hey, did you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/but-quinn-held-the-fuzzy-handcuffs-in-his-hands-looking-them-over/)

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> [“My mom told me once that Wyatt loved her the way a boy will love his mother, but I loved her the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/my-mom-told-me-once-that-wyatt-loved-her-the-way-a-boy-will-love-his/)

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> [“I smiled at him. Not even Wyatt would have known how to be this honorable when talking about a girl that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-smiled-at-him-not-even-wyatt-would-have-known-how-to-be-this/)

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> [“I found I could only glance at him for tiny moments and then I had to look away. He was perfect enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-found-i-could-only-glance-at-him-for-tiny-moments-and-then-i-had-to/)

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> [“Every moment of our lives we make choices. Most we don’t even know we’re making, they’re so dull or routine or automatic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/every-moment-of-our-lives-we-make-choices-most-we-don-t-even-know-we/)

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> [“It was the first time I discovered that some girls actually sneak out of the house during slumber parties and meet up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/it-was-the-first-time-i-discovered-that-some-girls-actually-sneak-out/)

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> [“He carried her over the Owl Creek mountain range without stopping,” he said, quietly this time. “He carried her until he reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/he-carried-her-over-the-owl-creek-mountain-range-without-stopping-he/)

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> [“I really want to believe that when our Quiet Waters kids wake up in the middle of the night, scared, they’ll remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-really-want-to-believe-that-when-our-quiet-waters-kids-wake-up-in/)

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> [“My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/my-dad-used-to-say-this-is-what-your-right-arm-s-for-son-john-said/)

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> [“I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-finally-understood-why-so-much-monkey-business-happened-in-the/)

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> [“I won’t forget it,” I said. “I hope you meet someone perfect one day.” “Ha…yeah, that’s just it. I think I already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-won-t-forget-it-i-said-i-hope-you-meet-someone-perfect-one-day-ha/)

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> [“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/but-i-understood-now-that-we-don-t-live-only-for-ourselves-we-re/)

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> [“I pretended to be a Cheyenne guide. I pretended to be a prairie woman. I pretended Henry was my old-timey husband taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-pretended-to-be-a-cheyenne-guide-i-pretended-to-be-a-prairie-woman/)

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> [“He ran his hand from my wrist up to the crook of my elbow and then to my shoulder. “When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/he-ran-his-hand-from-my-wrist-up-to-the-crook-of-my-elbow-and-then-to/)

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> [“I’d felt this before, when my granddad was in the hospital before he died. We all camped out in the waiting room,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-d-felt-this-before-when-my-granddad-was-in-the-hospital-before-he/)

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> [“Let’s go to town,” Jo said. “Take me to eat dinner at the hotel.” I sucked in a breath and stared at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/let-s-go-to-town-jo-said-take-me-to-eat-dinner-at-the-hotel-i-sucked/)

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> [“Quinn spoke their language—all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him—in his element…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/quinn-spoke-their-language-all-mystery-and-inside-jokes-scarred-souls/)

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> [“I’d never seen him bare-chested. For the first time, he seemed vulnerable to me. His smooth, tight skin wrapped around the long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-d-never-seen-him-bare-chested-for-the-first-time-he-seemed/)

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> [“You’re kidding, right? The whole town will know where we are just by the idle on that thing.” He feigned a look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/you-re-kidding-right-the-whole-town-will-know-where-we-are-just-by/)

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> [“The first thing I needed, possibly the only thing, was to kiss her and I did, for as long as I could.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/the-first-thing-i-needed-possibly-the-only-thing-was-to-kiss-her-and/)

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> [“My mom was sitting at the kitchen table. She’d set her coffee down, making a noise that made me look her way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/my-mom-was-sitting-at-the-kitchen-table-she-d-set-her-coffee-down/)

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> [“What I know about you, Henry,” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/what-i-know-about-you-henry-he-said-is-that-you-as-big-as-you-are/)

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> [“Jo told me once that she was an old woman everywhere but in her studio. “There I’m only myself,” she’d said. Standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/jo-told-me-once-that-she-was-an-old-woman-everywhere-but-in-her/)

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> [“Next to the first Henry and Meg, Henry had written, “Promise?” Well, that genie’s out of the bottle and there’s no stuffing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/next-to-the-first-henry-and-meg-henry-had-written-promise-well-that/)

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> [“I could’ve gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. “My brother died because someone was jealous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-could-ve-gone-on-and-on-but-the-truth-was-all-that-mattered-my/)

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> [“Hmmm. What you’re saying is that you’ve never been kissed?” He picked at a string on the blanket under us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/hmmm-what-you-re-saying-is-that-you-ve-never-been-kissed-he-picked-at/)

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> [“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/with-a-damp-palm-i-turned-the-knob-and-cracked-open-the-door-she-was/)

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> [“It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/it-was-an-oddly-satisfying-idea-to-feel-bereft-as-i-left-my-mother/)

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> [“Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself. So, this was me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/camus-and-henry-waved-to-me-from-that-muddy-truck-they-both-wanted-me/)

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> [“The ice cold fear I’d felt, not knowing if Wyatt was alive, pressed into the wall with other girls and surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/the-ice-cold-fear-i-d-felt-not-knowing-if-wyatt-was-alive-pressed/)

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> [“On the best nights, he’d appear outside the bookstore window and wait for me to unlock the door. He usually hadn’t had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/on-the-best-nights-he-d-appear-outside-the-bookstore-window-and-wait/)

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> [“I’ve known her long enough to know that this was purely intentional.” He peered sideways at me, judging my reaction. “I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-ve-known-her-long-enough-to-know-that-this-was-purely-intentional/)

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> [“Meg,” he whispered. “It wouldn’t be real love if there weren’t the possibility for another response to him. If we couldn’t choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/meg-he-whispered-it-wouldn-t-be-real-love-if-there-weren-t-the/)

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> [“I’d stumbled upon the inner sanctuary of a woman who loved the world. Loved the faces of people she saw. Loved the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-d-stumbled-upon-the-inner-sanctuary-of-a-woman-who-loved-the-world/)

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> [“I recognized Meg’s swirly handwriting and crooked my index finger into the side of the envelope to rip it open. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-recognized-meg-s-swirly-handwriting-and-crooked-my-index-finger/)

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> [“I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-thought-back-to-meg-s-advice-about-hemingway-sentences-simple/)

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> [“Is there one in particular, Tennyson?” Henry said, ducking out from under her arm. “I could arrange a meeting.” “Yeah, the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/is-there-one-in-particular-tennyson-henry-said-ducking-out-from-under/)

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> [“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/but-i-understood-now-that-we-don-t-live-only-for-ourselves-we-re/)

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> [“Let’s go to town,” Jo said. “Take me to eat dinner at the hotel.” I sucked in a breath and stared at her for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/let-s-go-to-town-jo-said-take-me-to-eat-dinner-at-the-hotel-i-sucked/)

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> [“I turned my ear toward the door because I heard him breathing. When you’re alone and afraid, the simple sound of the steady in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-turned-my-ear-toward-the-door-because-i-heard-him-breathing-when/)

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> [“Every moment of our lives we make choices. Most we don’t even know we’re making, they’re so dull or routine or automatic. Some are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/every-moment-of-our-lives-we-make-choices-most-we-don-t-even-know-we/)

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> [“He’d had to fold his long legs into his desk. His boots had seen better days, and his jeans unraveled in a curiously irresistible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/he-d-had-to-fold-his-long-legs-into-his-desk-his-boots-had-seen/)

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> [“I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It circled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-reached-down-and-picked-up-a-baseball-bat-at-my-feet-and-i-flung-it/)

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> [“I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning under us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-finally-understood-why-so-much-monkey-business-happened-in-the/)

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> [“Here’s what I learned about life when we were going through that. We’re all human and mortal. We’re all going to suffer and die.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/here-s-what-i-learned-about-life-when-we-were-going-through-that-we/)

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> [“His room was dark until he switched on his desk lamp. I sat on the floor next to his bed and watched him counting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/his-room-was-dark-until-he-switched-on-his-desk-lamp-i-sat-on-the/)

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> [“I could’ve gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. “My brother died because someone was jealous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-could-ve-gone-on-and-on-but-the-truth-was-all-that-mattered-my/)

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> [“I’d known cruelty in a school—cruelty that would keep these amateurs up all night. But this kind of scene—crowds batting around a person because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-d-known-cruelty-in-a-school-cruelty-that-would-keep-these-amateurs/)

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> [“Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking their phones.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/uncommon-anxiety-came-to-us-in-common-hours-when-other-people-were/)

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> [“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I can’t explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/with-a-damp-palm-i-turned-the-knob-and-cracked-open-the-door-she-was/)

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> [“1. All glass will break. 2. I am made of glass. 3. Therefore, I will break.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/1-all-glass-will-break-2-i-am-made-of-glass-3-therefore-i-will-break/)

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> [“Quit worrying so much about the boards and nails of your life. Focus on the stuff that lasts.” He glanced through the window toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/quit-worrying-so-much-about-the-boards-and-nails-of-your-life-focus/)

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