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

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.
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You never forget your first love.
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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.
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Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?
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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.
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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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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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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.
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You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.
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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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Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
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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 just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him
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