I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

About Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson (born Laurie Beth Halse; October 23, 1961) 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 and in 2023 she received the Astrid Lindgren...

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I don't know what I'm doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

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You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

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

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Wintergirls

I can't tell anymore when I'm asleep and when I'm awake, or which is worse.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Wintergirls

I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Wintergirls

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He looked up at me and grinned, and again, I felt this strange urge to smile back. And I was not someone who smiled a lot.

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Sometimes I wore smiles but didn't feel them. Sometimes I felt them and didn't wear them.

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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

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There's so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn't. There's a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn't need to be painful or empty. You need to fill yourself up with love. Not anyone else. Become a whole being on your own. Go on adventures, fall asleep in the woods with friends, wander around the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on your own, write on bathroom stalls, leave notes in library books, dress up for yourself, give to others, smile a lot. Do all things with love, but don't romanticize life like you can't survive without it. Live for yourself and be happy on your own. It isn't any less beautiful.

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