Rebellion 1776 Quotes

“Don't ever hit yourself in the head. It makes all things more difficult, and you have only yourself to blame.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Rebellion 1776

“Tis one thing to declare independence...Quite another to achieve it.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Rebellion 1776

“I consider it a blessing,” she said. “The absence of memory means I don’t suffer their loss.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Rebellion 1776

“I wished that the mothers of every soldier on both sides would magically appear, grab their sons by the ear, and drag them home for a well-earned thrashing. Then we could dump all the cannons and guns into the sea and go about living our lives in a more sensible manner. I sighed. Weaving dreams and fantasies produced a cloth of regret, that’s what Pappa said.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Rebellion 1776