Wendelin Van Draanen quotes

My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you're floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes. They're connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away. (Wendelin Van Draanen)
Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss....” He turned to me. "But every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.
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...something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and why people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living.
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It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice, but the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.
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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.
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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her. -Bryce.
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... and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely. (Wendelin Van Draanen)
I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
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You never forget your first love.
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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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It's funny how you can think you know someone pretty well, and then something happens or they do something that makes you understand that you didn't really know them at all.
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Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.
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I'd never looked at our house, or even our side of the street, and said, Oh! I wish we lived in the new development-those houses are so much newer, so much better! This is where I'd grown up. This was my home.
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Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them.
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Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. (Wendelin Van Draanen)
I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me... This is my new starting line.
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To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.
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If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.
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Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair -- Look at what's really there.
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