About Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson Download Open image “Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them.” — Laurie Halse Anderson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Adult Bad Bad thing Bad things Exist Pretend Rather Some Talk Than Them Things Would
Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance. — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong. — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
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Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
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“Adults are good at pretending to have things figured out, but we rarely do.” — Toby Neighbors Copy Share Image
Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see. — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism” — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“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… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
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… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share
I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I doubt trees are ever told to 'be the screwed-up ninth-grader.' — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
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I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
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I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very very strange. — Judith Durham Copy Share