Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes - Page 5

• I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made, and I knit wet, swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down.

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  Mistake, Apology, Looks

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.195, Penguin

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• This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values.

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  Sacrifice, Bird, Wonderful

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.62, Macmillan

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• Se vuelve hacia nosotros, se hace la sorprendida al vernos y se da con el dorso de la mano en la frente. "¡Estás perdida!" "¡Estás enfadada!" "¡Estás en la escuela equivocada!" "¡Estás en el país equivocado!" "¡Estás en el planeta equivocado!

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  Country, School, Hands

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.13, Macmillan

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• I watch some kids ask the cafeteria ladies to sign their books. What do they write: "Hope your chicken patties never bleed?" Or, maybe, "May your Jell-O always wiggle?

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  Libro, Escritura, Niños

  Laurie Halse Anderson (1999). “Speak”, Puffin

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• Principal Principal: Where's your late pass, mister? Errant Student: I'm on my way to get one now. PP: But you can't be in the hall without a pass. ES: I know, I'm so upset. That's why I need to hurry, so I can get a pass. Principal Principal pauses with a look on his face like Daffy Duck's when Bugs is pulling a fast one. PP: Well, hurry up, then, and get that pass.

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  Ducks, Upset, Daffy Duck

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• ¿A quién le importa lo que significa el color? ¿Cómo sabes lo que quiso decir? Quiero decir, ¿dejó otro libro llamado "Simbolismo en mis libros"? Si no lo hizo, entonces podrías estar inventando todo esto. ¿De verdad alguien cree que este tipo se sentó y metió todo tipo de significados ocultos en su historia? Es sólo una historia.... Pero creo que te estás inventando todo esto del simbolismo. No creo nada de eso.

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  Believe, Book, Mean

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• I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, "Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.

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  Glowing, Sitting, Neon

  Laurie Halse Anderson (1999). “Speak”, Puffin

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• There is no safer. There’s not even safe, never has been.

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  Safe, Has Beens

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.19, Penguin

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• I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

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  People, Get Better, Speak

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.32, Macmillan

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• Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

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  Breathing, Eating, Hardest

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.232, Scholastic UK

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• There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would by a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Maybe I shouldn't have told them I knew where the presents really came from. It broke their hearts.

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  Christmas, Fun, Real

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• Es más fácil usar hilo dental con alambre de espino que admitir que te gusta alguien del instituto.

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  School, Wire, Easier

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.108, Macmillan

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• I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've actually done it, and then you're never quite sure what your limits are.

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  Stupid, Long, Done

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Twisted”, p.92, Scholastic UK

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• She offered herself to the big, bad wolf and didn't scream when he took the first bite.

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  Firsts, Scream, Bigs

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.23, Penguin

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• She looks like a china doll, observed Grandfather as we departed. I will break just as easily, I muttered.

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  Life, Departed, Grandfather

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Fever 1793”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Mom, Eye, Thinking

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.146, Scholastic UK

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• I want to tell him that it's just a stupid car, but bits of me are scattered all over town; the graveyard, school, Cassie's room, the motel, and standing in from of the sink in my mother's kitchen. It takes too much energy to gather all the bits together, so I just sit there and watch him implode.

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  Mother, Stupid, School

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.138, Penguin

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• It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.

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  Knowing, Maps, This Life

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Chains”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it blows up even bigger. People see the log and call it a twig. 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.

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  Eye, Blow, People

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.150, Penguin

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• I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.

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  Listening, World, Want

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2006). “Prom”, p.144, Penguin

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• You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep a couple of hours a night now. She's haunted by nightmares of monsters that eat our whole family. They eat us slowly, she says, so we can feel their sharp teeth.

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  Hurt, Couple, Lying

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.179, Penguin

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• He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the nightmare.

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  Eating Disorder, Hips, Nightmare

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.192, Penguin

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• I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant.

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  Elephants, Sweaters, Needs

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.180, Penguin

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• For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.

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  Cheating, Clouds, Sneakers

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.19, Penguin

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• They're on their way to the foreign-language wing. That's no surprise. The foreign kids are always here, like they need to breathe air scented with their native language a couple times a day or they'll choke to death on too much American.

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  Couple, Kids, Air

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