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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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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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 am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

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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What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

—Mary McCarthy

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There are some people out there who don't wait for what comes next. They decide what should come next and they go and make it happen.

—Jonathan Tropper in One Last Thing Before I Go

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You know how it feels right before a tornado hits? I mean when the sky’s still clear, but the wind’s starting to cool off and change direction. You know something’s coming, but you don’t always know what. That’s how things feel to me right now.

—P.C. Cast in Betrayed

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