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I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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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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My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. No, Bryce, he said softly. She's the same as she's always been you're the one who's changed. He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again.
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.
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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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It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material if life hasn't been peachy (and not a whole lot if it has).
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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.
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So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was the man, the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable. -Bryce Loski
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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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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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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.
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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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I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him
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Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.
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There's no winning arguments with your parents
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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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I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.
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...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.
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Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?
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