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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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Chicago
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It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They're so hard to pull. And grow back so easily.
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Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
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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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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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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
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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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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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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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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.
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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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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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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'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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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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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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There's no winning arguments with your parents
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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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I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.
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