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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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Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
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You never forget your first love.
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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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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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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker
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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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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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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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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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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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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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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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Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.
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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.
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There's no winning arguments with your parents
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There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
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Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss.... He turned to me. But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.
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I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
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