Laurie Halse Anderson: Trending quotes (page 5)

“There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is "why not?" I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did.”

“We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.”

“I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.”

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

“None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods.”

“Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.”

“She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so… I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.”

“They say they have noticed me drawing. I almost tell them right then and there. They noticed.”

“The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.”

“I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.”

“No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can.”

“I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but it’s over, and I’m not going to think about it.”

“You're the one who doesn't understand, I've been standing on the edge with you for years.”

“I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am…. It was my fault. Can I kill myself here, or should I do it outside, so the mess on your carpet doesn't upset your mother?”

“Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.”

“Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.”

“Because I am still a little girl who believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and you.”

“I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way…. I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.”

“I won the wintergirl trip over the border into dangerland.”