Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife Of Memory Quotes
Having a friend made everything else suck less.
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.
I am an owl, bird of the night. I see everything. I know everything.
My only choice was to fight my way out, even if I didn't think I would make it.
It was hard to know how to play the game when the rules kept changing.
The gloaming that closed over us the cemetery had crawled inside his skin.
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 either.
Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.
Why do you have such a crappy attitude about math?""I don't. I have a crappy attitude about everything.
The night sky stretched on forever above me, the stars flung like glass beads and pearls on a black velvet cloak.
Where did you live before you came here?" I asked. "The moon, " he said smoothly. "We left because the place had no atmosphere.
You're the one who doesn't understand, I've been standing on the edge with you for years.
I kissed him until everything that hurt inside me melted into a pool of black water so deep I couldn’t touch the bottom. As long as I was touching him, I wouldn’t drown.