“We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow cre...” — Laurie Halse Anderson Quote

“We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we as adults struggle to talk to kids honestly about sex, the rules of dignity and consent.”

“I think maybe I might have to do what some other authors do, which is do a variation on my name, just to send readers the message that, 'Yep, this is me, but this is a different part of me. So brace yourself.'”

“This is my one beef with Hollywood: It's great for movie sales, but they've created this fiction for us that, when you have a hard thing in your life, it's going to get fixed, and then your life will be awesome! Forever!”

“Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?”

“With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.”

“There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.”