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There's no winning arguments with your parents
Wendelin Van Draanen
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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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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.
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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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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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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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Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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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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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 experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material if life hasn't been peachy (and not a whole lot if it has).
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...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
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Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?
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Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.
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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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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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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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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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Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.
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