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Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

Total quotes: 13
“My earbuds were in, but I wasn’t playing music. I needed to hear the world but didn’t want the world to know I was listening.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Tagged: Life
“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: survived, Healing, Pain, Sufferings, Surviving Abuse, Surviving Pain, fears, painful memories
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Pride, Self-Worth, Stand For Something
“When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Why Words Matter, expression, Communication, Quote of the Moment
“The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
Tagged: Depression, Mental Health
“He couldn't stand me being sick. Nobody can. They only want to hear that you're healing, you're in recovery, taking it one day at a time. If you're locked into sick, you should stop wasting their time and just get dead. ”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
Tagged: eating disorders, Recovery, Healing
“I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Tired, Sleep, Coma
“There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Holidays, Christmas, Children
“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
Tagged: strength, Weight, Value
“We were secret sisters with a plan for world domination, potential bubbling around us like champagne.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
Tagged: Sister Love
“Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
Tagged: Depression, Mental Health, eating disorders
“Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
Tagged: eating disorders, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Depression Awareness
“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Survival, strength, Survivor, Important, Break Up
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