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Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes about School

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School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

Laurie Halse Anderson
School, Luxury, Library

Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it.

Laurie Halse Anderson
School, Thinking, Long

I make it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown.

Laurie Halse Anderson
School, Two, Nuclear
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.14, Macmillan

I just thought of a great theory that explains everything. When I went to that party, I was abducted by aliens. They have created a fake Earth and fake high school to study me and my reactions. This certainly explains cafeteria food.

Laurie Halse Anderson
Party, School, Fake
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.42, Macmillan

She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the back of the hand to the forehead. "You're lost!" "You're angry!" "You're in the wrong school!" "You're in the wrong country!" "You're on the wrong planet!

Laurie Halse Anderson
Country, School, Hands
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.13, Macmillan

It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

Laurie Halse Anderson
School, Wire, Easier
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.108, Macmillan

I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with.

Laurie Halse Anderson
Attitude, School, Hair
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.4, Macmillan

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.

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

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