Laurie Halse Anderson Want Quotations

I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page

Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.

I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits.

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

I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.

Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?

What do I want? The answer to that question does not exist.

The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.