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I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.
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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
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I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski
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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'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear. -Bryce
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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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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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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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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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A painting is more than the sum of its parts
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There's no winning arguments with your parents
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You never forget your first love.
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Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not!
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You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.
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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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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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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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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.
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You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.
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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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