Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
Author
Novelist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Ever
Realized
Eight
Grade
Quiet
Grades
Hundred
Crush
Room
List
Rooms
Lists
Boys
Fell
Read
Fifty
More quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.
Wendelin Van Draanen
So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was the man, the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable. -Bryce Loski
Wendelin Van Draanen
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
Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.
Wendelin Van Draanen
It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They're so hard to pull. And grow back so easily.
Wendelin Van Draanen
A painting is more than the sum of its parts
Wendelin Van Draanen
He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
Wendelin Van Draanen
There's no winning arguments with your parents
Wendelin Van Draanen
I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
Wendelin Van Draanen
I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski
Wendelin Van Draanen
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
Wendelin Van Draanen
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
You never forget your first love.
Wendelin Van Draanen