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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.

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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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'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her. -Bryce
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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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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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You never forget your first love.
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(Actually now I’m remembering that the goodbye chow isn’t spelled that way. It’s ciao or something weird like that. It’s Italian, right? But I’m not an Italian gypsy, I’m a hungry gypsy. So spelling it chow makes total sense.)
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Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?
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As much as thinking this upsets me, I'm starting to see that I need the merry-go-round much more than it needs me, and in the end my choice is to hop back on or get left in the dust.
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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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