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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. "
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. "
4 " Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag. "
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)”. "
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)”. "
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. "
8 " I try not to dwell on this. "
9 " Nothing. It all sounds stupid. "
10 " I want to kill him. "
11 " I'm feeling pretty damn good for a change. "
12 " I stand on the edge of a cliff, wondering if I'm going to fall or jump. "
13 " It takes more to scare me now. "
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. "
15 " IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting it. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. "
16 " The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. "