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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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or Miranda or any of the other people who wouldn't understand. Juli was different, but after all these years that didn't bother me anymore. I liked it. I liked her.
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Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
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Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.
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My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. No, Bryce, he said softly. She's the same as she's always been you're the one who's changed. He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again.
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I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree.
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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.
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
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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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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
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Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.
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I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think Im crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine.
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I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
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