Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer best known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2009 for her contribution to young adult literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 October 1961
CountryUnited States of America
eye rivers perfect
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.
perfect interesting tree
Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.
thinking years careers
I don’t know what I’m doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out. I’ll worry about making it out of ninth grade alive. Then I’ll think about a career path.
stars moon blood
The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow.
thinking ugly
I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but it’s over, and I’m not going to think about it.
girl couple real
I am almost a real girl the entire drive home. I went to a diner. I drank hot chocolate and ate french fries. Talked to a guy for a while. Laughed a couple of times. A little like ice-skating for the first time, wobbly, but I did it.
strong spring winter
Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.
too-much cheeseburger models
I like cheeseburgers too much to be a model.
people sick
There is nothing wrong with me. These are really sick people, sick that you can see.
self trying teeth
I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.
doors mirrors locked
I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.
blood glitter excitement
Hannah was about to burst with excitement, which would have been disgusting because she would have sprayed blood, guts and glitter in every direction.
wish be-careful careful-what-you-wish-for
Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.
children eye men
The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271