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I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him
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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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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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Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.
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I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear. -Bryce
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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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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 miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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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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You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.
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I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or Miranda or any of the other people who wouldn't understand. Juli was different, but after all these years that didn't bother me anymore. I liked it. I liked her.
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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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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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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
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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 had Flipped. -Bryce Loski
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