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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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Chicago
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Nothing
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Headstrong
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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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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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You never forget your first love.
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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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Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.
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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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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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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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