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“They yell at me because I can’t see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs. Nobody can make it stop.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“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.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

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

Laurie Halse Anderson

Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“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.”

Laurie Halse Anderson book Chains

Source: Chains

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“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.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

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

Laurie Halse Anderson

Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory

“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?”

Laurie Halse Anderson

Source: Twisted

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

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

Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“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.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak