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Wintergirls

Laurie Halse Anderson

Top 10 Best Quotes

“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”

“There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.”

“We are crayons and lunchboxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.”

“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”

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

“Another page turns on the calendar, April now, not March .......... I am spinning the silk threads of my story, weaving the fabric of my world...I spun out of control. Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest. I wanted to swallow the bitter seeds of forgetfulness...Somehow, I dragged myself out of the dark and asked for help. I spin and weave and knit my words and visions until a life starts to take shape. There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore. I am thawing.”

“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. ”

“I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy...”

“Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.”

“I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.”

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Book Keywords:

haunt, eating-disorders, food, self-image, self-esteem, anorexia, recovery, ghosts

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