Laurie Halse Anderson

“He says a million things without saying a word. I make a note to study David Pertrakis.I have never heard a more…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“We'd itch the vermin feasting on our flesh and share the day's many rumors: The King had declared peace. No, the King…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Broken leaves flew into the air from the violence of his thrashing, and the gore and blood kept pouring from the black…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl, Lia-Lia, caught in between the worlds. You’re a ghost with a…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

What do I want? The answer to that question does not exist.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

CONJUGATE THIS: I cut class, you cut class, he, she, it cuts class. We cut class, they cut class. We all cut…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“You never think about the mall being closed. It’s always supposed to be there, like milk in the refrigerator or God.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“(From the Q&A with the author at the end of the book.) Have any readers ever asked questions that shocked you? I…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“I keep thinking that if I could just unzip my skin, step out of this body, then I would see who I…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“We were secret sisters with a plan for world domination, potential bubbling around us like champagne.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“I have survived. I am here.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“People who have to announce that they are trustworthy deserve to be lied to.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I keep thinking that if I could just unzip my skin, step out of this body, then I would see who I…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Dr. Parker and all my parents live in a paper-mache world. They just patch up problems with strips of newspaper and a…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“The officer kicked the stool away. This time the rope did not break.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I have ten bucks in my pocket - what to spend it on? French fries - ten dollars' worth of french fries,…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“You're not dead but you're not alive. You're a wintergirl.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“She laid land mines in my skill that detonated weeks later.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Precalculus was taught in dog whistle, a pitch too high to hear.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“You can only be brave if you're scared.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope…

— Laurie Halse Anderson