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All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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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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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
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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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