Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory

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Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Could he hear my heart pounding? — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
The world is crazy. You need a license to drive a car and go fishing. You don't need a license to start a family. Two pe — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
I am an owl, bird of the night. I see everything. I know everything. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Until then we're going to keep making memories like this, moments when we're the only two people in the whole world. And — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
I had let down my shields, that was the problem. The crazy inside Dad had infected me, weakened me so that when Finn smi — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
My only choice was to fight my way out, even if I didn't think I would make it. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
It was hard to know how to play the game when the rules kept changing. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
The gloaming that closed over us the cemetery had crawled inside his skin. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Having a friend made everything else suck less. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Tell me this is a nightmare — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
It doesn't matter where I go, I don't want to be there. And then I get to the next place, and I don't want to be there e — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
The smoke shifted direction and I breathed in. Breathed out. On the inhale I was angry. On the exhale…there it was again — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
I could never hate you, even if I wanted to. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Why do you have such a crappy attitude about math?""I don't. I have a crappy attitude about everything. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
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 — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don’t offer up anything. Don’t explain. Answer the question and onl — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
The night sky stretched on forever above me, the stars flung like glass beads and pearls on a black velvet cloak. — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
Where did you live before you came here?" I asked. "The moon," he said smoothly. "We left because the place had no atmos — Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory