Laurie Anderson Quotes: top 100 famous sayings about Laurie Anderson

The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything you might want to do. — Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything

I can't let me hear this, but it's too late. The facts sneak in and stab me. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can't let me hear this, but it's too late. The facts sneak in and

Light up the stars in your brain, electrify your body, buckle on your smile, and everybody will love you again. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Light up the stars in your brain, electrify your body, buckle on your smile, and

I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've actually done it, and then you're never quite sure what your limits are. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that

Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you

You need to try to master the ability to feel sad without actually being sad. — Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: You need to try to master the ability to feel sad without actually being sad.

Life was a battle, and Mother a tired and bitter captain — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Life was a battle, and Mother a tired and bitter captain

The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing-all classic. Phase One signs of deliria. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing-all classic. Phase One signs of deliria.

I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am ... It was my fault. Can I kill myself here, or should I do it outside, so the mess on your carpet doesn't upset your mother? — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words. — Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a

She looks like a china doll," observed Grandfather as we departed. "I will break just as easily," I muttered. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: She looks like a china doll," observed Grandfather as we departed. "I will break just

I used to dream about bringing a knife to therapy and slicing her into pork chop-sized pieces. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I used to dream about bringing a knife to therapy and slicing her into pork

I think illusion is one of the most interesting things that I've found to think about. Just look at yesterday, and what you were doing, and how important it was, and how nonexistent it is now! How dreamlike it is! Same thing with tomorrow. So where are we living? — Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I think illusion is one of the most interesting things that I've found to think

I spent the last Friday of summer vacation spreading hot, sticky tar across the roof of George Washington High. My companions were Dopey, Toothless, and Joe, the brain surgeons in charge of building maintenance. At least they were getting paid. I was working forty feet above the ground, breathing in sulfur fumes from Satan's vomitorium, for free.
Character building, my father said.
Mandatory community service, the judge said. Court-ordered restitution for the Foul Deed. He nailed me with the bill for the damage I had done, which meant I had to sell my car and bust my hump at a landscaping company all summer. Oh, and he gave me six months of meetings with a probation officer who thought I was a waste of human flesh.
Still, it was better than jail.
I pushed the mop back and forth, trying to coat the seams evenly. We didn't want any rain getting into the building and destroying the classrooms. Didn't want to hurt the school. No, sir, we sure didn't. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I spent the last Friday of summer vacation spreading hot, sticky tar across the roof

I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that. — Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff. — Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

I sent a simple smiley face, because my phone did not have a smiley face that was wrapping her hands around her own throat and beating her head against a wall. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I sent a simple smiley face, because my phone did not have a smiley face

Once upon a time there was an eighteen-year-old girl who dragged her butt out of bed and hauled it all the way to school on a sunny day in May. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Once upon a time there was an eighteen-year-old girl who dragged her butt out of

Dead girl walking" the boys say in the halls.
"Tell us your secrets" the girls whisper, one toilet to another.
"I am that girl. I am the spaces between my thighs, daylight shinning through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Dead girl walking" the boys say in the halls."Tell us your secrets" the girls whisper,

I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made, and I knit wet, swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit

We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be

In our 20s, women in my generation, we all wanted to be Laurie Anderson. — Sandra Tsing Loh

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Sandra Tsing Loh: In our 20s, women in my generation, we all wanted to be Laurie Anderson.

Having a friend made everything else suck less. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Having a friend made everything else suck less.

What if a king made bad laws; laws so unnatural that a country broke them by declaring its freedom?" He threw his arms in the air. "Now you are spouting nonsense. Two slaves running away from their rightful master is not the same as America wanting to be free of England. Not the same at all." "How is it then that the British offer freedom to escaped slaves, but the Patriots don't? — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: What if a king made bad laws; laws so unnatural that a country broke them

I won the wintergirl trip over the border into dangerland. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I won the wintergirl trip over the border into dangerland.

I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too? — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to

It was hard to know how to play the game when the rules kept changing. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: It was hard to know how to play the game when the rules kept changing.

If everyone was really having sex, they why was it paradoxically a hush-hush-whisper thing and a scream-it-online-and -in-the-cafeteria thing? If everyone was really having sex, why weren't more girls sporting baby bumps? I know the statistics. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: If everyone was really having sex, they why was it paradoxically a hush-hush-whisper thing and

He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the nightmare. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the

Shards of glass slip down the wall and into the sink. IT pulls away from me, puzzled. I reach in and wrap my fingers around a triangle of glass. I hold it to Andy Evans's neck. He freezes. I push just hard enough to raise one drop of blood. He raises his arms over his head. My hand quivers. I want to insert the glass all the way through his throat, I want to hear him scream. I look up. I see the stubble on his chin, a fleck of white in the corner of his mouth. His lips are paralyzed. He cannot speak. That's good enough.
Me: I said no. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Shards of glass slip down the wall and into the sink. IT pulls away from

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Shards of glass slip down the wall and into the sink. IT pulls away from

No wonder the zombies were crazy. They thought they were supposed to practice breeding before they learned how to do their own laundry. They talked about it, thought about it, maybe did it, all while going through the motions of attending class and learning stuff so that they could go forth and become productive adults. Whatever that was supposed to mean. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: No wonder the zombies were crazy. They thought they were supposed to practice breeding before

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: No wonder the zombies were crazy. They thought they were supposed to practice breeding before

I'm fighting the shock of having a guest in my room. I almost kick her out because it's going to hurt too much when my room is empty again. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I'm fighting the shock of having a guest in my room. I almost kick her

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I'm fighting the shock of having a guest in my room. I almost kick her

What do I want?
The answer to that question does not exist. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: What do I want?The answer to that question does not exist.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: What do I want?The answer to that question does not exist.

Mr. Freeman sighs. No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you! — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Mr. Freeman sighs. No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Mr. Freeman sighs. No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

There was a loud shuffling above. A line of redcoats took their position at the edge of the ravine and aimed down at the rebels.
"Present!" the British officer screamed to his men.
"Present!" yelled the American officer. His men brought the butts of their muskets up to their shoulders and sighted down the long barrels, ready to shoot and kill.
I pressed my face into the earth, unable to plan a course of escape. My mind would not be mastered and thought only of the wretched, lying, foul, silly girl who was the cause of everything.
I thought of Isabel and I missed her.
"FIRE! — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: There was a loud shuffling above. A line of redcoats took their position at the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: There was a loud shuffling above. A line of redcoats took their position at the

Like most blacks in Philadelphia, Eliza was free. She said Philadelphia was the best city for freed slaves or freeborn Africans. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Like most blacks in Philadelphia, Eliza was free. She said Philadelphia was the best city

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Like most blacks in Philadelphia, Eliza was free. She said Philadelphia was the best city

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told

The number doesn't matter. If I got down to 070.00, I'd want to be 065.00. If I weight 010.00, I wouldn't be happy until I got down to 005.00. The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The number doesn't matter. If I got down to 070.00, I'd want to be 065.00.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The number doesn't matter. If I got down to 070.00, I'd want to be 065.00.

I nod like I'm listening,like we're communicating, and she never knows the difference. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I nod like I'm listening,like we're communicating, and she never knows the difference.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I nod like I'm listening,like we're communicating, and she never knows the difference.

The girl reflected back from the window in front of me has poinsettias growing out of her belly and head. She's the shape of a breakfast-link sausage standing on broomstick legs, her arms made from twigs, her face blurred with an eraser. I know that this is me, but it's not me, not really. I don't know what I look like. I can't remember how to look. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The girl reflected back from the window in front of me has poinsettias growing out

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The girl reflected back from the window in front of me has poinsettias growing out

I know how bad you feel. Trapped," she says. "It gets better, I promise. So much better. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I know how bad you feel. Trapped," she says. "It gets better, I promise. So

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I know how bad you feel. Trapped," she says. "It gets better, I promise. So

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever? — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to

I have survived. I am here. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have survived. I am here.

Had she ever enjoyed anything? Had every day been a struggle? Perhaps death would be a release, a rest for the weary. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Had she ever enjoyed anything? Had every day been a struggle? Perhaps death would be

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Had she ever enjoyed anything? Had every day been a struggle? Perhaps death would be

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 Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude.

Do you know how much women loathe it when guys think every show of negative emotion is tied to our menstrual cycle, like we're sheep or something? — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Do you know how much women loathe it when guys think every show of negative

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Do you know how much women loathe it when guys think every show of negative

I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at.

I scurry out to the three-way mirror. With an extra-large sweatshirt over the top, you can hardly tell that they are Effert's jeans. Still no Mom. I adjust the mirror so I can see reflections of reflections, miles and miles of me and my new jeans. I hook my hair behind my ears. I should have washed it. My face is dirty. I lean into the mirror. Eyes after eyes after eyes stare back at me. Am I in there somewhere? A thousand eyes blink. No makeup. Dark circles. I pull the side flaps of the mirror in closer, folding myself into the looking glass and blocking out the rest of the store. My face becomes a Picasso sketch, my body slicing into dissecting cubes. I saw a movie once where a woman was burned over eighty percent of her body and they had to wash all the dead skin off. They wrapped her in bandages, kept her drugged, and waited for skin grafts. They actually sewed her into a new skin. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I scurry out to the three-way mirror. With an extra-large sweatshirt over the top, you

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I scurry out to the three-way mirror. With an extra-large sweatshirt over the top, you

Are you a man-whore? I asked as the loudest group of them teetered away on their high heels. (High heels? Really? At seven thirty in the morning? Shouldn't you actually have breasts before you start wearing heels?) — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Are you a man-whore? I asked as the loudest group of them teetered away on

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Are you a man-whore? I asked as the loudest group of them teetered away on

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get

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. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I knew how much it hurt to be the daughter of people who can't see

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I knew how much it hurt to be the daughter of people who can't see

Computers are so deeply stupid. What bother me most when they talk about technology is they don't realize how much more exciting their minds are. That machine is stupid. And boring. It does just a few things and then it'll crash. People think, 'I am on the Net, I am in touch with the world'. Wrong! The point is how we work, not how machines work. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Computers are so deeply stupid. What bother me most when they talk about technology is

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Computers are so deeply stupid. What bother me most when they talk about technology is

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the

There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem to be fighting without going for the jugular. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem

Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin bubbles and peels off, roll in coarse salt, then pull on long underwear woven from spun glass and razor wire. Over that goes your regular clothes, as long as they are tight. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for

I don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really good." — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really

The world turns upside down every day. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The world turns upside down every day.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The world turns upside down every day.

What did it feel like to die? Was it a peaceful sleep? Some thought it was full of either trumpet-blowing angels or angry devils. Perhaps I was already dead. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: What did it feel like to die? Was it a peaceful sleep? Some thought it

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: What did it feel like to die? Was it a peaceful sleep? Some thought it

Fracture lines etch the surface of the glass box as if a body fell from the sky and landed on it. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Fracture lines etch the surface of the glass box as if a body fell from

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Fracture lines etch the surface of the glass box as if a body fell from

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 Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the

I have gotten one question repeatedly from young men. These are guys who liked the book, but they are honestly confused. They ask me why Melinda was so upset about being raped. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have gotten one question repeatedly from young men. These are guys who liked the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have gotten one question repeatedly from young men. These are guys who liked the

Killing people is easier than it should be." Dad put on his beret. "Staying alive is harder. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Killing people is easier than it should be." Dad put on his beret. "Staying alive

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Killing people is easier than it should be." Dad put on his beret. "Staying alive

I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.

So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic about. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic

I can't face the idea of riding home on a busful of sweaty, smiling teeth sucking up my oxygen. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can't face the idea of riding home on a busful of sweaty, smiling teeth

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can't face the idea of riding home on a busful of sweaty, smiling teeth

I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is! It wasn't there before: there it is - I made it! That's pretty powerful, and that's the power that Buddhists give to every single person. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is!

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is!

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does

Her eyes were tired, but we're seniors. All seniors have dead eyes. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Her eyes were tired, but we're seniors. All seniors have dead eyes.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Her eyes were tired, but we're seniors. All seniors have dead eyes.

I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a

I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So the idea is that every time you don't scream, that's your Buddhist side. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was

Maybe they're planning the next Project. They could mail snowballs to the weather-deprived children in Texas. They could knit goat-hair blankets for shorn sheep. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Maybe they're planning the next Project. They could mail snowballs to the weather-deprived children in

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Maybe they're planning the next Project. They could mail snowballs to the weather-deprived children in

I can't do everything for you. You must walk alone to find your soul. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can't do everything for you. You must walk alone to find your soul.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I can't do everything for you. You must walk alone to find your soul.

The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when

I kissed him until everything that hurt inside me melted into a pool of black water so deep I couldn't touch the bottom. As long as I was touching him, I wouldn't drown. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I kissed him until everything that hurt inside me melted into a pool of black

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I kissed him until everything that hurt inside me melted into a pool of black

I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front seat of the car when they were at soccer. In airports. On trains. In the break room when I was supposed to be wolfing down dinner. In the back of classrooms when I was supposed to be paying attention. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while

That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you're not alone and that's what's so comforting about books. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped

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? — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who's broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don't know where we come from ... we don't know where we are. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When

And then a new screen, one I had never seen before, never even heard of popped up. It gave me a choice. I could become the new Lord of Darkness myself, or I could take a gamble and be reincarnated. I chose wisely. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: And then a new screen, one I had never seen before, never even heard of

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: And then a new screen, one I had never seen before, never even heard of

I 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 Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I showed her how I'd been making tiny cuts in my skin to let the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I showed her how I'd been making tiny cuts in my skin to let the

Well it was one of those days
Larger than life
When your friends came to dinner
And they stayed the night
And then they cleaned out the refrigerator
And ate everything in sight
And then they stayed up in the livingroom
And cried all night
Strange angels
Singing just for me
Old stories
Haunting me
This is nothing
Like I thought it would be ... — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Well it was one of those daysLarger than lifeWhen your friends came to dinnerAnd they

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Well it was one of those daysLarger than lifeWhen your friends came to dinnerAnd they

The guidance counselor convinces them I need a reward-a chew toy or something. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The guidance counselor convinces them I need a reward-a chew toy or something.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The guidance counselor convinces them I need a reward-a chew toy or something.

Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us away from our ghosts and ancestors, who cried salty rivers into the sand. That's where Momma was now, wailing at the water's edge, while her girls were pulled out of sight under white sails that cracked in the wind. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the

All of nature talks to me - if I could just figure out what it's saying - trees are swinging in the breeze. They're talking to me. Insects are rubbing their legs together. They're all talking. They're talking to me. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: All of nature talks to me - if I could just figure out what it's

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: All of nature talks to me - if I could just figure out what it's

I dare you to punch me," I said.
"You? Dare me?" He was laughing too hard to say anything else.
I shove him. "I double-dare you. If you don't have the guts to do it, you're a weenie." I shove again, harder. "If you do, you're an even bigger weenie because it's harder to take a punch than to give one. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I dare you to punch me," I said."You? Dare me?" He was laughing too hard

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I dare you to punch me," I said."You? Dare me?" He was laughing too hard

Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was

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. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Picasso." He whispers like a priest. "Picasso. Who saw the truth. Who painted the truth,

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Picasso." He whispers like a priest. "Picasso. Who saw the truth. Who painted the truth,

The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures
not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice - p. 271 — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain.

I embarked on a campaign of honey and kindness, which, if you've never tried it, is very hard to do with someone who thinks you are chickenhearted and has in the past called you a poxy sluggard. It is especially hard if every day you are plagued with fear about what might happen next. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I embarked on a campaign of honey and kindness, which, if you've never tried it,

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: I embarked on a campaign of honey and kindness, which, if you've never tried it,

Why bother trying? What was the point? So I could go to some suck-ass college, get a diploma, march out into a job that I hated, marry a pretty girl who would want to divorce me, but then she wouldn't because we'd have kids, so instead she'd be the angry woman at the other end of the kitchen table, and the kids would grow up watching this, until one day I'd look at my son and he'd look just like that face in the bathroom mirror?
If that was life, then it was twisted. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Why bother trying? What was the point? So I could go to some suck-ass college,

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Why bother trying? What was the point? So I could go to some suck-ass college,

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. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Look at the stupid, poor people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people. Look at

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: Look at the stupid, poor people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people. Look at

That fellow was like all of us: descended from good people who were stolen from their families and country, sailed over the sea, and forced into slavery. 'We don't let them steal our dignity,' that preacher said. Richard, his name was. He said they cannot steal our honor, our strength, or our love." "True words," I said. "Do you know what he said about this America?" Henry asked. I shook my head. "Remember, lads?" Henry asked his mates. "Join with me. He said, 'This land . . .'" A half dozen voices spoke with Henry, strong black men sharing the preacher's words like a hymn or a prayer. "'Which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country.'" The words drifted up to the stars with the sparks from the fire. "We go to war, Missus Isabel," Henry added, "in order to make our mother country, this land, free for everyone. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: That fellow was like all of us: descended from good people who were stolen from

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: That fellow was like all of us: descended from good people who were stolen from

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares."
"She was my friend! You must allow me. Why are you so horrid?"
As soon as the angry words were out of my mouth, I knew I had gone too far.
"Matilda!" Mother rose from her chair. "You are forbidden to pseak to me in that tone! Apologize at once. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares." "She was my friend! You must

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares." "She was my friend! You must

The merry-go-round is spinning too fast. I want to get off. I want to close my eyes, or just blink. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The merry-go-round is spinning too fast. I want to get off. I want to close

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The merry-go-round is spinning too fast. I want to get off. I want to close

The good soldier swears to kill. Fire the cannon, mount the barricade, lock and load. Smell your brother's blood on your shirt. Wipe your sister's brains off your face. Die, if you have to, so they'll live. Kill to keep your people alive, live to kill some more. — Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The good soldier swears to kill. Fire the cannon, mount the barricade, lock and load.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Halse Anderson: The good soldier swears to kill. Fire the cannon, mount the barricade, lock and load.

Your eyes. It's a day's worth of work to look into them. — Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Your eyes. It's a day's worth of work to look into them.

Laurie Anderson Sayings By Laurie Anderson: Your eyes. It's a day's worth of work to look into them.

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