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Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer, known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature.

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We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.

Forever, Friends, Oaths, Sacred, Strong, Swore

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

Confused, Memories, Screwed, Soul, Take, Truth

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?

Express, Football, Monday, Raise, Reincarnated, Religious

I understood what triggered her earthquakes, most of them.

Earthquakes, Triggered, Understood

Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

Crap, Making, Mean, Natural, Revision, Sound

I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf
shawl
blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm.

Consignment, Country, Shops, Sweaters, Use, Yarn

Mr. Freeman sighs. "No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you!

Beat, Beats, Creativity, Imagination, Sighs, Thirteen

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

Die, Dies, Eating Disorder, Want

Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

Battle, Kiddo, Pain, Stronger

Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.

Differences, Making A Difference, Speak, Unless, Difference

You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep a couple of hours a night now. She's haunted by nightmares of monsters that eat our whole family. They eat us slowly, she says, so we can feel their sharp teeth.

Couple, Family, Hurt, Lies, Lying, Tries

I won the wintergirl trip over the border into dangerland.

Borders, Dangerland, Trip, Wintergirl, Wintergirls, Won

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.

Canned, Country, Grandma, Hands, Open, Ravioli

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.

Morning, Class, Firsts, Biology, Graduation

Rumors are spread by jealous people

Jealous, People, Rumor, Rumors, Spread

I know my head isn't screwed on straight. I want to leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else. There is a beast in my gut, I can hear it scraping away at the inside of my ribs. Even if I dump the memory, it will stay with me, staining me. My closest is a good thing, a quiet place that helps me hold these thoughts inside my head where no one can hear them.

Galaxy, Hands, Leave, Memories, Mistake, Warp

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

Appearance, Appearances, Doors, Room, Rooms, Stomp

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.

Eye, Mom, Sad, Thinking, Worked

Picasso. ” He whispers like a priest. “Picasso. Who saw the truth. Who painted the truth, molded it, ripped from the earth with two angry hands.

Earth, Hands, Molded, Picasso, Saw, Two

I wish I had cancer. I will burn in hell for that, but it's true.

Anorexia, Burn, Cancer, True, Wish

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