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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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Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.
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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
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You never forget your first love.
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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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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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Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand get to know them
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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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Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.
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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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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.
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Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
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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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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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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.
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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