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  1. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.
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  2. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    Heather is not at school today. Everybody is griping about her lame decorations. I bet she calls in sick the rest of the year. Heather should run away and join the Marines immediately.
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  3. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    Nothing good ever happens at lunch. The cafeteria is a giant sound stage where they film daily segments of Teenage Humiliation Rituals. And it smells gross.
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  4. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    Some stand-up comic cracks, 'No, Melinda no es linda.' They call me Me-no-linda for the rest of the period. This is how terrorists get started, this harmless fun."
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  5. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    I sniff again and wipe my eyes on my arm. The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.
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  6. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    I can grow. I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right.
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  7. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    My fingers stroking the bark, seeking a Braille code, a clue, a message on how to come back to life after my long undersnow dormancy. I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So how can I find my way? Is there a chainsaw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?
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  8. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    David stares at Mr. Neck, looks at the flag for a minute, then picks up his books and walks out of the room. He says a million things without saying a word. I make a note to study David Petrakis. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
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  9. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    This is how terrorists get started, this kind of harmless fun.
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  10. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    I feel like any minute a guy in a lavender suit will burst into the room with a microphone and bellow, "Another alternate-reality moment brought to you by Adolescence!
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  11. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead inside -- walking through their days with no idea who they are, just waiting for a heart attack or cancer or a Mack truck to come along and finish the job. It's the saddest thing I know.
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  12. Laurie Halse Anderson _ Speak

    Don't be so hard on yourself. Art is about making mistakes and learning from them.
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