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Speak: The Graphic Novel QUOTES

Speak: The Graphic Novel QUOTES

1 " You'd be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. It's the saddest thing I know. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

2 " The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

3 " Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity. If you're tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

4 " Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

5 " Welcome to the only class that will teach you how to survive. Welcome to art. This is where you find your true self, if you dare(16)”. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

6 " A kid asked him what his painting was. “It’s Venice at night, an accountant’s soul, the blood of imbeciles. Smoker’s lung. Tenure. The inside of a lock, the taste of iron. Despair. A city with the streetlights shot out, the heart of a school board director.” Some teachers whisper he’s having a breakdown. I think he’s the sanest person I know(181)”. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

7 " You’d be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. It’s the saddest thing I know. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

8 " I try not to dwell on this. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

9 " Nothing. It all sounds stupid. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

10 " I want to kill him. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

11 " I'm feeling pretty damn good for a change. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

12 " I stand on the edge of a cliff, wondering if I'm going to fall or jump. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

13 " It takes more to scare me now. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

14 " The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster.

I fished it out of the trash.

She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

15 " IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting it. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel

16 " The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. "

― Laurie Halse Anderson , Speak: The Graphic Novel