49 pages 1 hour read

Laurie Halse Anderson

Twisted

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

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Important Quotes

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“Before we left, I found one of the doctors who helped me and quietly asked him to slit my throat. The guy said no and suggested I talk to my family doc about antidepressants.”


(Chapter 7, Page 7)

This quote is the first reference to Tyler’s suicidal ideation, a recurrent theme throughout the novel. 

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“Miller men were disciplined. Miller men followed rules. Miller men toughed it out; they ate dirt and went for the kill.”


(Chapter 8, Page 21)

In this quote, Tyler is recalling what his father told him about being a man when Tyler was just eight years old. Ever since then, Tyler has not felt like a “real” man. 

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“Days like this I thought maybe I should just blow off school, move to Minnesota or something, get a job that let me sweat, and never, ever think again.”


(Chapter 9, Page 26)

This quote references the comfort Tyler has experienced through physical labor, which provides a distraction and a way to work off natural aggression. This is also the first time Minnesota appears in the novel; it will come up again later, when Tyler is trying to decide how to deal, or not deal, with negative parts of his life.

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