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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
Illinois
Happy
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Nothing
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Headstrong
Alive

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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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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.
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He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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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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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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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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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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I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think Im crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine.
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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