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

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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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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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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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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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?
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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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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.
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But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on
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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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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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Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.
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You never forget your first love.
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
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You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.
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(Actually now I’m remembering that the goodbye chow isn’t spelled that way. It’s ciao or something weird like that. It’s Italian, right? But I’m not an Italian gypsy, I’m a hungry gypsy. So spelling it chow makes total sense.)
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