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It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material if life hasn't been peachy (and not a whole lot if it has).

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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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 operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.
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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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I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.
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You never forget your first love.
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If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not. If the mind says it's too cold or too rainy or too windy to run, the body will be more than happy to agree. If the mind says it would be better to rest or recover or cut practice, the body will be glad to oblige.
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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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If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.
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Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not!
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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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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.
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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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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic.
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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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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'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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