I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed …

Laurie Halse Anderson
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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. ✨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). Wintergirls, p.207, Penguin
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