“We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But when kids get as tall as their parents and can look them in the eyes, we tend to drop the ball - at a time they most need a loving consistent community of adults, be it parents, aunts, uncles, or others.” NeedsLooksLittlesEyeCareKidsEnergyParentCommunityTeachingAdultsBallsConsistentTallUnclesLittle KidAunt Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before. Do not come here and ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind.” IfsLooksSoulHelpingShowsFacesAsksWindDrawsDareYour SoulAsk Me Book:Speak Source: Speak
“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.” KnowsWayNeedsWellsLooksI CanFacesStudentsLateMy WayUpsetHallsDucksPrincipalPullingPausesBugsDaffy Duck Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“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
“Look at the stupid, poor people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people, look at their dead baby. It's death porn for the masses.” PeopleLooksPoorStupidBabyMassBurnedPoor PeopleBurned OutDead Baby Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“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.” LooksMadeReasonMistakeSunAngryAwfulAfternoonApologyWetKnotsEmmaElijahStitchesSwollen Book:Wintergirls Source: Wintergirls
“This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.” MenLooksChildrenSaidHardChoicesFightingSidesDarknessRiversBritishMy ChildrenOld ManValleysJordan Book:Chains Source: Chains
“Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average, ordinary, everyday, boring tree. Breathe life into it. Make it bend - trees are flexible, so they don't snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch - perfect trees don't exist. Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.” GivingLooksEnoughPerfectInterestingTreeOrdinaryEverydayAverageBoringBreatheGet BetterBranchesFlawsGood EnoughScarFlexibleTwistedSnapsNot Good EnoughFreemanNothing Is Perfect Book:Speak Source: Speak
“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
“I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right.” NeedsLooksI CanEyePerfectRiversHomely Book:Speak Source: Speak
“I keep thinking that if I could just unzip my skin, step out of this body, then I would see who I really am.“ She nods her head slowly. „What do you think you‘d look like?” “Smaller, for a start.” IfsThinkingLooksBodyStepsSkinsIf I Could Book:Wintergirls Source: Wintergirls
“She looks like a china doll, observed Grandfather as we departed. I will break just as easily, I muttered.” LifeLooksBreakChinaGrandfatherDollsDeparted Book:Fever 1793 Source: Fever 1793
