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My first class is biology. I can't find it and get my first demerit for wandering the hall. It is 8:50 in the morning. Only 699 days and 7 class periods until graduation.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Morning, Class, Firsts

Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.6, Macmillan

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I have ten bucks in my pocket - what to spend it on? French fries - ten dollars' worth of french fries, ultimate fantasy.

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Pockets, Dollars, Bucks

Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.144, Macmillan

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None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods.

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Book, Princess, Reading

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What do I want? The answer to that question does not exist.

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Doe, Answers, Want

Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.92, Scholastic UK

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I smile and play pretend through the Morning Show in the kitchen.

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Morning, Play, Kitchen

Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.92, Scholastic UK

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Look at the stupid, poor people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people, look at their dead baby. It's death porn for the masses.

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Baby, Stupid, People

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Cold and silence. Nothing quieter than snow. The sky screams to deliver it, a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the blizzard. But once the snow covers the ground, it hushes as still as my heart.

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Nature, Heart, Sky

Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.130, Macmillan

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I want to tell him that it's just a stupid car, but bits of me are scattered all over town; the graveyard, school, Cassie's room, the motel, and standing in from of the sink in my mother's kitchen. It takes too much energy to gather all the bits together, so I just sit there and watch him implode.

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Mother, Stupid, School

Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.138, Penguin

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My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. I think the Merryweather cheerleaders confuse me because I missed out on Sunday School. It has to be a miracle. There is no other explanation. How else could they sleep with the football team on Saturday night and be reincarnated as virginal goddesses on Monday?

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Football, Religious, Monday

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There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is "why not?" I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did.

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Believe, Asking Why, Why Not

Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.18, Penguin

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Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.

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Life, Forever, Gone

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They mean hot like 'I'm too good for you I got my own money don't be frontin' me.' You're more like 'Be my boyfriend I'll make you cookies come meet my dad ' know what I mean

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Dad, Mean, My Boyfriend

Laurie Halse Anderson (2006). “Prom”, p.15, Penguin

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I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits.

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Shy, Want, Limits

Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.149, Scholastic UK

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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.

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Suicide, Hurt, Blood

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Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses.

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Karma, Thinking, Ass

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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.

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Eye, Rivers, Perfect

Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.198, Macmillan

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I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.

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Mirrors, Doors, Locked

Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.166, Penguin

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For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.

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Cheating, Clouds, Sneakers

Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.19, Penguin

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Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?

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Eating Disorder, Want, Dies

Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.27, Scholastic UK

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I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope with soup and crackers.

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Body, Soup, Sugar

Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.155, Penguin

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Grandma frowned and yelled something in Russian. She could have been saying, 'Open up, your best friend is here.' On the other hand, it could have been, 'America is a great country because of canned ravioli.

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Country, Grandma, Hands

Laurie Halse Anderson (2006). “Prom”, p.36, Penguin

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To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door.

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Doors, Rooms, Appearance

Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.39, Macmillan

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I knew how much it hurt to be the daughter of people who can't see you, not even if you are standing in front of them stomping your feet.

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Daughter, Hurt, Feet

Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.19, Scholastic UK

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I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.

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Space, Shining, Daylight

Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.21, Penguin

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It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage.

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Sleep, Good Day, Grandfather

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