Quotes by : Laurie Halse Anderson

One had to be careful with elbows and boys

A little kid asks my dad why that man is chopping down the tree.Dad: He's not chopping it down. He's....

I hate winter. I’ve lived in Syracuse my whole life and I hate winter. It starts too early and ends....

My English teacher has no face. She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders. The hair....

Tell me this is a nightmare

Homework is not an option. My bed is sending out serious nap rays. I can't help myself. The fluffy pillows....

The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. That's when they can hear us true.

The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don’t offer up anything. Don’t explain. Answer....

I have never heard a more eloquent silence.

Everyone is born a freak," notes Hayley. "Every newborn baby, wet and hungry and screaming, is a fresh-hatched....