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The Impossible Knife of Memory
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"The Impossible Knife of Memory" Quotes

A high school girl struggles with the emotional and psychological toll of her father's PTSD while trying to navigate the challenges of adolescence.

Quotes

I was always holding my breath, waiting for the next blow to fall.

Laurie Halse Anderson

anxietyfear

Living in the past is like tying yourself to a ghost.

Laurie Halse Anderson

moving onletting go

The best way to deal with memories is to remember them.

Laurie Halse Anderson

memoriescoping

My heart wants to break out of my body and run to him.

Laurie Halse Anderson

lovelonging

Some things are too hard to see. Some things are too painful to feel.

Laurie Halse Anderson

painhidden emotions

The past is like a heavy blanket. You have to throw it off and run fast to escape.

Laurie Halse Anderson

moving onletting go

Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Laurie Halse Anderson

inner strugglesfear

Sometimes, the only way to make yourself happy is to do things for other people.

Laurie Halse Anderson

kindnessselflessness

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Laurie Halse Anderson

laughterconnection

The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness.

Laurie Halse Anderson

individualityloneliness