Aubrey

“The guidance counselor convinces them I need a reward-a chew toy or something.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“I watch some kids ask the cafeteria ladies to sign their books. What do they write: "Hope your chicken patties never bleed?" Or, maybe, "May your Jell-O always wiggle?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“My head is killing me, my throat is killing me, my stomach bubbles with toxic waste. I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid if this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent
silence.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak