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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

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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Illinois
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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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Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
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Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
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Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.
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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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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
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I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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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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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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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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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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