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
home next-week two
Two days later, two days before Christmas, I am judged fat and sane enough to be kicked out of the hospital. The plan to send me straight back to New Seasons won't work. There is no room at the inn for a leather Lia-skin plumped full of messy things. Not yet. The director promises Dr. Marrigan he'll have a bed for me next week. I'm stable enough to go home until then. They all say I'm stable.
two clothes glasses
Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin bubbles and peels off, roll in coarse salt, then pull on long underwear woven from spun glass and razor wire. Over that goes your regular clothes, as long as they are tight.
self-harm kids hard-work
I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to self-harm.
adults bad-things
Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them.
self talking voice
Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used against you.' Self-incrimination. I looked it up. Three-point vocab word. So why does everyone makes such a big hairy deal about me not talking? Maybe I don't want to incriminate myself. Maybe I don't like the sound of my voice. Maybe I don't have anything to say.
mean revision sound
Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.
thinking doe nobody-knows
Death is funny, when you think about it. Everybody does it, but nobody knows how, exactly how.
girl stars moon
The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.
silence heard eloquent
He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
house splits shame
It's a shame we can't just admit that we failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.
sleep want wake-up
I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.
cancer wish hell
I wish I had cancer. I will burn in hell for that, but it's true.
breathe breaths wintergirls
I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life.
mean apology ifs
Apologies mean nothing if you don't mean it.