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

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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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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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, 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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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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You never forget your first love.
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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.
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Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker
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I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.
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...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.
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Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.
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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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He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
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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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I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him
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Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.
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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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