Shout

by Laurie Halse Anderson

we must be gentle with the living, but the dead own their truth and are fearless.

This is the story of a girl who lost her voice and wrote herself a new one.

I learned then that words had such power some must never be spoken and was thus robbed of both tongue and the truth.

lovebrarians

Learning to read and fallibg in love with books

untreated pain is a cancer of the soul that can kill you

lazer focused

About going to school

if it please the court

Listening in on a trial of a rapist thiz brought back memories of the time she was raped

too many grown-ups tell kids to follow their dreams like that’s going to get them somewhere

collective

Fave poem in this book. About how some guys don't get what is rape and the need for consent. A lot of people face struggles in school. Includibg guys themselves becoming targets.

emergency, in three acts

Some peole want to shut you up and pretend rape does not exist. But it does.

Censorship is the child of fear the father of ignorance and the desperate weapon of fascists everywhere.

the false innocence you render for them by censoring truth protects only you

The opposite of innocence is not sin. Dearly beloved, the opposite of innocence is strength.

Sex is not a game where one person wins by destroying the other.

anatomy

Learning about the male body

This is not a resting bitch face This is a touch-me-and-die face

To have sex is human. To make love, Divine.