Speak Quotes

Speak Quotes

"It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate and a stomachache." First Marking Period, pg. 3

"I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn't go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with." First Marking Period, pg. 4

"It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say." First Marking Period, pg. 9

"I look for the shapes in my face. Could I put a face in my tree, like a dryad from Greek mythology? Two muddy-circle eyes under black-dash...
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