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“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.”

—Laurie Halse Anderson

“Write about the emotions you fear the most.”

—Laurie Halse Anderson

“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”

—Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“And so I am feeling numb. It's a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world around me disappears, and something starts to hum inside my head. Far off, voices try to bump up against me, but I repel them. My ears fill up with water and I focus on the humming in my head. ”

—Laurie Halse Anderson, Madness

“When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead inside—walking through their days with no idea who they are, just waiting for a heart attack or cancer or a Mack truck to come along and finish the job. It's the saddest thing I know.”

—Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“And so I am feeling numb. It’s a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world around me disappears, and something starts to hum inside my head. Far off, voices try to bump up against me, but I repel them. My ears fill up with water and I focus on the humming in my head.”

—Laurie Halse Anderson, Madness
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