I'm Funny > I'm Funny's Quotes

“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“I wish I had cancer. I will burn in hell for that, but it's true. ”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Look in a mirror and find a ghost. Hear every heartbeat scream that everysinglething is wrong with you.

"Why?" is the wrong question.

Ask "Why not?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.

TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
6. We are enforcing the dress code.
7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
10. We want to hear what you have to say.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“The difference is that was then, this is now.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“I was here. TF.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“I am rooted, but I flow. All gold, flowing …”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Never bullshit a bullshitter.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Gentlemen are rare. They're like virgins or leprechauns.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“We all have a shelf life.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“It's fucked," I said, though I wasn't sure what I was talking about- Shaila's death, Adams imminent departure or the idea that we're supposed to live and die all in the same life. Doesn't that seem like too much to bear?”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us

“I let out a huge snort of laughter right in the middle of AP american history. Everyone whips around and stares at me but I don't care. This must be what it's like to do drugs.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“Sometimes I'm afraid to go to sleep because of what I'm leaving behind.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it. Like a lazy eye, or porn.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“And it's the funniest thing: as soon as I see it, the whistling in my ears stops and the feeling of terror drains away, and I realize this whole time I haven't been falling at all. I've been floating.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“Her mind can’t go to the dark places mine does.”
― Jenny Han, Burn for Burn

“People sometimes still drown in the shallow end,”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“Come at me, world. You can’t damage the impermeable.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“Look at us. Two lonely kids who slipped through all the cracks, but then climbed right back up to the top of the world.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“I know what love is, because I spent my whole life knowing what it isn’t.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“I’m drowning, Samson. And you’re the one holding me underwater.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“I cannot tell you how you will survive without me. I cannot tell you how to mourn me.  I cannot convince you to not feel guilty if you forget the anniversary of my death, or if you realize days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me. I just want you to live.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“It's mad twisted, but surviving showed me it's better to be alive wishing I was dead than dying wishing I could live forever.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“And then I crossed the street, with no arm to hold me back.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“The moment of certainty”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces