Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls Quotes
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.
In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.
No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can.
Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.
Why are you being so mean?""Friends tell friends the truth.""yeah, but not to hurt, to help.
Dr. StupidParker says that when I'm sad it really means I'm angry and when I'm angry it really means I'm afraid.
Why are you being so mean?”“Friends tell friends the truth.”“Yeah, but not to hurt. To help.
I drift into the armpits of strangers, tasting their manic salt, and sleep to forget everything.
I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I needto see my bones or I will hate myself even more and Imight cut out my heart or take every pill that was evermade.
I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy...
Fracture lines etch the surface of the glass box as if a body fell from the sky and landed on it. He doesn't hear the impact, can't smell the blood.
And that’s the problem. When you’realive, people can hurt you. It’s easier to crawl into a bonecage or a snowdrift of confusion. It’s easier to lock everybodyout.But it’s a lie.
I have to go. Boss hasthis weird idea that I should actually work while he’s payingme.
