Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes

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.

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

A painting is more than the sum of its parts

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.

I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.

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.

I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.

Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.

I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.

I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.

A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.

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.

I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear. -Bryce

But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.

You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.

All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me.

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.

I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.

Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace

I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him

You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.

Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.

So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was "the man", the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable." -Bryce Loski

I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her. -Bryce

It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They're so hard to pull. And grow back so easily.

Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not!

I miss school. What’s wrong with me?

As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.

Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.

Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?

You never forget your first love.

There's no winning arguments with your parents

He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.

There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.

To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.