College-applications Quote by Laura Anderson Kurk

“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…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“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…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“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…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“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…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“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…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It circled and…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning under us,…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“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.…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“His room was dark until he switched on his desk lamp. I sat on the floor next to his bed and watched him counting…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I could’ve gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. “My brother died because someone was jealous.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“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…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking their phones.…

— Laura Anderson Kurk