I want to be in fifth grade again. Now, that is a deep dark secret, almost as big as the other one. Fifth grade was easy -- old enough to play outside without Mom, too young to go off the block. The perfect leash length.
Laurie Halse AndersonI pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me.
Laurie Halse AndersonDid you read last nights assignments?" Say "yes'" and get hammered again. Say "no'" and the same thing would happen.
Laurie Halse AndersonWhy not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!
Laurie Halse Anderson