Wendelin Van Draanen

I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski

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“I had Flipped.”

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There's no winning arguments with your parents

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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

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“But, Steven!” my mom said, then threw her hands in the air.”

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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.

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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?

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“I hate t see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

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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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Don't even try to talk to me when I'm watching the moon. That's my moon, baby.

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“Really, Dad. I understand now about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.”

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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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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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You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.

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Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

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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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I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though…

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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…

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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…

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I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more!…

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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.…

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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…

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“By the end of that first day, what I'd made was a big mess. But if chaos is a necessary step in…

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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?…

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“I daydreamed a lot about the sycamore tree, too, which at first I thought was because I was feeling melancholy. But then…

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I liked it. I liked her. And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm…

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“I liked it. I liked her. And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm…

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But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or…

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“A painting is more than the sum of the parts,” he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the…

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“Maybe it came from whacking at two-by-fours and dreaming about perpetual motion. I don't know. All I know is that compared to…

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Bryce," she whispers. "What's wrong." I can barely breathe as I ask her, "Do you like him?" "Do I... you mean Jon?"…

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“How do you sort the treasure from the trash? When does something move from sentimental to disposable? And if you think you…

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“He'd crossed the line, man. He'd crossed it big-time.”

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“Anger is a fuel that can only carry you so far.”

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“Maybe it’s time to meet him in the proper light.”

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“Food in the trash is like the tossed-and-found.”

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Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace

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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?

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