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“The world is crazy. You need a license to drive a car and go fishing. You don't need a license to start a family. Two people have sex and BAM! Perfectly innocent kid is born whose life will be screwed up by her parents forever.”

Love Family Consequences Laurie Halse Anderson The Impossible Knife Of Memory

Book:The Impossible Knife of Memory

Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory

“I am clanless. I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn’t go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don’t have anyone to sit with. I am Outcast.”

Speak High School Outcast Clans Laurie Halse Anderson Melinda Sordino

Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“Afraid that my head might burst through the roof, I head for the mall. I have ten bucks in my pocket—what to spend it on? French fries—ten bucks’ worth of french fries, ultimate fantasy.”

Art Speak Trees Artists French Fries Mall Laurie Halse Anderson Melinda Sordino

Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.”

Inspirational Motivational Brave Scared Good Laurie Halse Anderson The Impossible Knife Of Memory

Book:The Impossible Knife of Memory

Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory

“I embarked on a campaign of honey and kindness, which, if you've never tried it, is very hard to do with someone who thinks you are chickenhearted and has in the past called you a poxy sluggard. It is especially hard if every day you are plagued with fear about what might happen next.”

Humor Name Calling Forge Laurie Halse Anderson

Book:Forge

Source: Forge

“Few people know this, but I am a trained assassin, skilled in jujitsu and krav maga. I can also, with a few folds, turn an ordinary piece of notebook paper into a lethal weapon. Or I can turn it into a butterfly, which is a great trick when I'm babysitting." I fought a smile. "A trained assassin who babysits." "Only the Greene twins and only because their family gets every premium channel on the planet.”

Book Quotes Laurie Halse Anderson The Impossible Knife Of Memory

Book:The Impossible Knife of Memory

Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory

“The salt in my tears feels good when it stings my lips. I wash my face in the sink until there is nothing left of it, no eyes, no mouth. A slick nothing.”

Speak Emptiness Nothingness Laurie Halse Anderson

Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“I head for my closet after school. I want to take the poster of Maya Angelou home, and I’d like to keep some of my tree pictures and my turkey-bone sculpture. The rest of the stuff can stay, so long as it doesn’t have my name on it. Who knows, some other kids may need a safe place to run to next year.”

Speak Laurie Halse Anderson Melinda Sordino

Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“I could only fix myself”

Poetry Laurie Halse Anderson

Book:Shout: A Poetry Memoir

Source: Shout: A Poetry Memoir