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Laurie Halse Anderson

"I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die."

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Akiroq Brost

"It's despair at the lack of (I'm cheating, I didn't say all these things - but I'm going to write what I want to say as well as what I did) feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world."

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Akiroq Brost

"It is said that scattered through Despair's domain are a multitude of tiny windows, hanging in the void. Each window looks out onto a different scene, being, in our world, a mirror. Sometimes you will look into a mirror and feel the eyes of Despair upon you, feel her hook catch and snag on your heart. Despair says little, and is patient."

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Akiroq Brost

"Mon Dieu, la vie est par trop moche."

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Akiroq Brost

"Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss."

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Akiroq Brost

"Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you."

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"Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again."

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"Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty. Cento volte ho impugnato una lama per conficcarmela nel cuore. Si dice di una nobile razza i cavalli,che quando si sentono accaldati e affaticati, si aprono istintivamente una vena, per respirare piA1 liberamente. Spesso anche io vorrei aprirmi una vena che mi desse libertA eterna."

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Akiroq Brost

"Why bother? Maybe the world's not worth saving. She knew he meant it, too. Those lifeless eyes spoke volumes."

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"...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children, yearning to fall asleep on the withered bosom of their decrepit mother, and to sleep there for ever, only to escape the horrors that terrify them."

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Akiroq Brost

"It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world. It's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they've won a lot of money. And then do what you've done to me."

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"I picked up one of the books and flipped through it. Don't get me wrong, I like reading. But some books should come with warning labels: Caution: contains characters and plots guaranteed to induce sleepiness. Do not attempt to operate heavy machinery after ingesting more than one chapter. Has been known to cause blindness, seizures and a terminal loathing of literature. Should only be taken under the supervision of a highly trained English teacher. Preferably one who grades on the curve."

Satire

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"My only choice was to fight my way out, even if I didn't think I would make it."

Survival

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"I'd given him bits and pieces of my peculiar life, but colored softer and funnier than they had been. I'd painted my dad as Don Quixote in a semi, on a quest for philosophical truths and the best cup of coffee in the nation."

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!"

Art

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what's left sound natural."

Creativity

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking."

Isolation

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared."

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"The night sky stretched on forever above me, the stars flung like glass beads and pearls on a black velvet cloak."

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"I could never hate you, even if I wanted to."

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Laurie Halse Anderson
"I had let down my shields, that was the problem. The crazy inside Dad had infected me, weakened me so that when Finn smiled, I'd been vulnerable. I'd dropped my shields and let myself pretend that somebody like Finn would want to be with somebody like me."

Life

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