If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet. -Laurie Halse Anderson Teen
We have to acknowledge that adolescence is that time of transition where we begin to introduce to children that life isn't pretty, that there are difficult things, there are hard situations, it's not fair. Bad things happen to good people. -Laurie Halse Anderson Good
That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you're not alone and that's what's so comforting about books. -Laurie Halse Anderson Teen
We have to acknowledge that adolescence is that time of transition where we begin to introduce to children that life isn't pretty, that there are difficult things, there are hard situations, it's not fair. Bad things happen to good people. -Laurie Halse Anderson Time
