“Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses....”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Catalyst
“I wish I were three feet tall and he could pick me up and he still had a beard and he wore cotton sweaters that felt soft on my cheek and I could cry it all away and I would wipe my tears on his shoulder and I could suck my thumb and suck the end of my ponytail and he wouldn't tell me only babies did that and he would rock me on the front porch with the wind coming clean from the north and he would sing nursery rhymes with made-up words like Mom used to and he could teach me the alphabet again and how to walk and how to run and maybe I would do it better this time.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Catalyst
“I'm just going to pretend that a very good-smelling, incredibly warm stranger is sitting next to me, a harmless stranger.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Catalyst
“A teacher (a good teacher) is composed of molecules of education and intelligence, bonded together by patience and passion.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson
Born place: in Potsdam, New York, The United States
Born date October 23, 2018
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“Every person according to his light," said Ames "You must help the world express itself. Use will make your powers endure...”
― Theodore Dreiser, quote from Sister Carrie
“Mine.
The word was a declaration. It rocked him to his very foundation. It was a truth he’d kept hidden for far too long. Caleb didn’t know anything about love, or loving anyone, but he knew… Livvie was his.”
― C.J. Roberts, quote from Seduced in the Dark
“لما خرجت وقفت في وسط الطريق وقلت بصوت عال وقد كورت يدي: "شيء واحد أريد أن أقوله لك يا مولاي العزيز ويا إلهي، أنت فاجر بلا حياء!" وصرفت بأسناني هائجاً ثائراً ووجهي إلى السماء: "ليأخني الشيطان إن لم تكن فاجراً بلا حياء!".”
― Knut Hamsun, quote from Hunger
“Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from Lord of Chaos
“Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from The Book of Three
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