I wish I had cancer. I will burn in hell for that, but it's true.
Laurie Halse AndersonTags: eating-disorders
Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.
Laurie Halse AndersonTags: eating-disorders
We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.
Laurie Halse AndersonTags: girlfriends
The stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking didn't make her skinny, it made her cry.
Laurie Halse AndersonTags: eating-disorders
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 AndersonTags: relationships daughters moms
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 AndersonTags: relationships daughters dads
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 AndersonTags: cold eating-disorders blankets warm
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 AndersonTags: eating-disorders
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 AndersonTags: eating-disorders
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 AndersonTags: eating-disorders
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