Laurie Halse Anderson - Hurt Quotes

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Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help.

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I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.

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I swallowed the fear. It's always there– fear– and if you don't stay on top of it, you'll drown. I swallowed again and stood tall, shoulders broad, arms loose. I was balanced, ready to move. My body said, Yeah, you're bigger and stronger, but if you touch this, I will hurt you.

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She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.

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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.

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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.

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It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.

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