"I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?"

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Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.188, Macmillan

Laurie Halse Anderson

#Truth Quotes #Memories Quotes #Confused Quotes

“When married, you're a 1 woman man, when single, you're a 1 woman man! Live like she's out there and stop goofin round with girls you have no future with! Don't waste your singleness. Use this season to know God more deeply, serve others, be generous with your time, $$$ & talents. Be satisfied in Him!”
“For me it’s always just been about experiencing the things I love and documenting them. I have gotten a lot of joy out of what I do, and I feel lucky to be able to spread that joy.”
“People get mad at me very easily. The magnitude of your anger toward me is the measure of how much you know you are doing wrong.”
“Jump way back to one time, Evie and me did this fashion shoot in a junk yard, in a slaughterhouse, in a mortuary. We'd go anywhere to look good by comparison, and what I realize is mostly what I hate about Evie is the fact that she's so vain and stupid and needy. But what I hate most is how she's just like me. What I really hate is me so I hate pretty much everybody.”
“Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again." "Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?”

Source : James A. Owen (2015). “Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon”, p.672, Simon and Schuster
“I don't really watch that much TV. I have training camp to worry about.”
“EDGE WINS! EDGE WINS! EDGE WINS!”
“As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.”

Source : "Economist Paul Krugman Is a Hard-Core Science Fiction Fan". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. May 30, 2012.

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