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Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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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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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
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...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
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There was other stuff, too, like how something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and why people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living.
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Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?
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To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind, she said,it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.
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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.
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If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.
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Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.
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But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on
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Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker
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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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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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