I live in the borderlands. The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism. My visions echo and multiplymultiply. I don't know how to figure out what they mean. I can't tell where they start or if they will end. But I know this. If they shrink my head any more, or float me away on an ocean of pills, I will never return. β¨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). Wintergirls, p.188, Penguin
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- Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls
- I watch the Eruptions. Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous. Mount Saint Mom, oozing lava, spitting flame. Warn the villagers to run into the sea. β¨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2011 β¦ βΆ
- Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in? β¨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). Wintergirls, p.27, Scholastic UK
- I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant. β¨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). Wintergirls, p.180, Penguin
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