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I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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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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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.
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There's no winning arguments with your parents
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
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Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.
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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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As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.
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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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I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
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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'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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As much as thinking this upsets me, I'm starting to see that I need the merry-go-round much more than it needs me, and in the end my choice is to hop back on or get left in the dust.
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker
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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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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.
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Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?
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I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.
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