Quote

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
Author
Novelist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Whole
Flipped
Sometimes
Discomfort
Save
Road
Beginning
Pain
Littles
Little

More quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen

Image
I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
A painting is more than the sum of its parts
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
It's funny how you can think you know someone pretty well, and then something happens or they do something that makes you understand that you didn't really know them at all.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
You never forget your first love.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind, she said,it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
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.
Wendelin Van Draanen
Image
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
Image
You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.
Wendelin Van Draanen