“I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid.” NeedsFeelsLooksShareStupidPeriodsClothesTrue FriendAccessoriesNew FriendsPseudoGiggleDisposableFriend In NeedYaksSleepovers Book:Speak Source: Speak
“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.” FeelsTryingWholeHelpingLyingNightFightingHoursHurtSleepCoupleMonstersTeethNightmareStarvingEmmaWhole FamilyStarving Yourself Book:Wintergirls Source: Wintergirls
“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. 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. For one breath everything feels better. Then it melts. The bus drivers rev their engines and the ice cloud shatters. Everyone shuffles forward. They don't know what just happened. They can't remember.” KnowsFeelsMomentsRememberLyingHappenedBrokenMouthsTestsBreathsCloudsBoxesWideHolesSnowIceCurseGirlfriendCheatingDriversBusLunchEnginesFeel BetterEssaysZombieJuiceTobaccoStainsCrawlingCondomSneakersGreaseCrayonFlakesTiltShuffleBus Driver Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“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.” FeelsLongHardDoneEnoughStupidLike YouLimitsScared Book:Twisted Source: Twisted
“Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't want to feel any of this. Puke and starve and cut and drink because you need an anesthetic and it works. For awhile. But then the anesthetic turns into poison and by then it's to late because you are maintaining it now,straight into your soul. It is rotting you and you can't stop.” WantNeedsFeelsSoulTurnsCuttingDrinkLateYour SoulPoisonMaintainingRottingPukeAnesthetics Book:Wintergirls Source: Wintergirls
“I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring at her, trying to make her look at me. That happens in movies - people can feel it when oother people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Either Ivy has a great force field, or my lazer vision isn't very strong.” PeopleFeelsTryingLooksHappensTurnsStrongForceVisionClassDoorsFieldsTablesStaringVery StrongDesksLook At MeIvyForce Fields Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots. My insides are draining out of the fault lines in my skin, I can feel it, but every time I check the bandages, they're dry.” FeelsI CanUseTogetherLinesSkinsFaultsChecksDryTiedKnotsBack TogetherDrainingBandages Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“Adrenaline kicks you in when you’re starving. That’s what nobody understands. Except for being hungry and cold, most of the time I feel like I can do anything. It gives me superhuman powers of smell and hearing. I can see what people are thinking, stay two steps ahead of them. I do enough homework to stay off the radar. Every night I climb thousands of steps into the sky to make me so exhausted that when I fall into bed, I don’t notice Cassie. Then suddenly it’s morning and I leap on the hamster wheel and it starts all over again.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsI CanTwoEnoughNightFallCan DoStepsMorningSkyColdBedGive MeHearingSmellHungryKicksWheelsClimbsLeapEvery NightExhaustedStarvingHomeworkAdrenalineRadarSuperhumanHamstersSuperhuman PowersHamster Wheel Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.” IfsFeelsDoeStrongSunToo MuchStrangeSpringWinterStrange ThingsSyracuse Book:Speak Source: Speak
“I don't say anything and I feel awful. I tell somebody and I feel worse. I'm having trouble finding a middle ground.” FeelsTroubleMiddleFindingsAwfulSay AnythingMiddle Ground Book:Speak Source: Speak
“Think about love, or hate, or joy, or pain- whatever makes you feel something, makes your palms sweat, or your toes curl. Focus on that feeling. When people don't express themselves, they die on piece at a time.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFeelingsPainJoyHateDiesFocusPiecesSweatToesPalmsCurlsLove Or Hate Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
