I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but itโs over, and Iโm not going to think about it.
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 AndersonThe stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking didn't make her skinny, it made her cry.
Laurie Halse AndersonDid you read last nights assignments?" Say "yes'" and get hammered again. Say "no'" and the same thing would happen.
Laurie Halse AndersonI showed her how I'd been making tiny cuts in my skin to let the badness and the pain leak out. They were shallow at first, and short, like claw marks made by a desperate cat that wanted to hid under the front porch. Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care.
Laurie Halse Anderson