I wish I had cancer. I will burn in hell for that, but it's true.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: eating-disorders



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Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: eating-disorders



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We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: girlfriends



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The stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking didn't make her skinny, it made her cry.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: eating-disorders



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No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: relationships daughters moms



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I want to tell him that it's just a stupid car, but bits of me are scattered all over town; the graveyard, school, Cassie's room, the motel, and standing in from of the sink in my mother's kitchen. It takes too much energy to gather all the bits together, so I just sit there and watch him implode.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: relationships daughters dads



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I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf/shawl/blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: cold eating-disorders blankets warm



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I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it blows up even bigger. People see the log and call it a twig. They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs. Nobody can make it stop.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: eating-disorders



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I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls. Good thing I'm stable.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: eating-disorders



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You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep a couple of hours a night now. She's haunted by nightmares of monsters that eat our whole family. They eat us slowly, she says, so we can feel their sharp teeth.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Stichwörter: eating-disorders



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