Ninth grade is a minor inconvenience to him. A zit-cream commercial before the Feature Film of Life.
("Speak")
More Quotes from Laurie Halse Anderson:
I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little window cracks of blood, etching line after line until it stops hurting.Laurie Halse Anderson
Maybe they're planning the next Project. They could mail snowballs to the weather-deprived children in Texas. They could knit goat-hair blankets for shorn sheep.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Homework is not an option. My bed is sending out serious nap rays. I can't help myself. The fluffy pillows and warm comforter are more powerful than I am. I have no choice but to snuggle under the covers.
Laurie Halse Anderson
I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone to sit next to. A predator approaches: gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head. Probably a social studies teacher, hired to coach a blood sport.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Life Quotes, Movies QuotesBased on Keywords: zit-cream
Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
Barry Bonds
I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's War and Peace everyday.
Rufus Wainwright
Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.
Ross Perot