It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other. — Wendelin Van Draanen Arguing Copy Share Image
I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. — Wendelin Van Draanen Believe Copy Share Image
“Maybe it was how you looked at it. Maybe there were things I saw as ugly that other people thought were beautiful.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way. — Wendelin Van Draanen Chaos Copy Share Image
Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not! — Wendelin Van Draanen Blessing Copy Share Image
I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her. -Bryce — Wendelin Van Draanen Bike Copy Share Image
Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there. — Wendelin Van Draanen Eye Copy Share Image
Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce loski Copy Share Image
“Every once in a while you find someone who is iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Compare Copy Share Image
Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now… — Wendelin Van Draanen Creative Copy Share Image
There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down… — Wendelin Van Draanen Argument Copy Share Image
“At first we tried to keep up, but soon we were tired of boiling and pickling and deviling, and my mother started… — Wendelin Van Draanen Parenting Copy Share Image
Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss…" He turned to me. "But every once in a… — Wendelin Van Draanen Compare Copy Share Image
So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was "the man", the envy of every other… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce loski Copy Share Image
“I also finally see that a crimson kiss isn't something you can chase, because it's more than just the passionate meeting of… — Wendelin Van Draanen Truth Copy Share Image
“Street people use cardboard all the time, and bum alleys are just shanties or lean-tos, though. They’re nothing like my house! Mine… — Wendelin Van Draanen Alleys Copy Share Image
“One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce Copy Share Image
I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the… — Wendelin Van Draanen Chasing Copy Share Image
Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bait Copy Share Image
Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work… — Wendelin Van Draanen Appears Copy Share Image
I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Artist Copy Share Image
If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not. If the mind says it's too cold or too… — Wendelin Van Draanen Agree Copy Share Image
“And then she started climbing/ The girl is in the seventh grade, and she's climbing a tree--way, way up in the tree.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Humor Copy Share Image
I liked it. I liked her. And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm… — Wendelin Van Draanen Beautiful Copy Share Image
“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… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce Copy Share Image
...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely. — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce loski Copy Share Image
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 Care Copy Share Image
“Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Silence Copy Share Image
...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run. — Wendelin Van Draanen Choice Copy Share Image
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,… — Wendelin Van Draanen Choices Copy Share Image
“By the end of that first day, what I'd made was a big mess. But if chaos is a necessary step in… — Wendelin Van Draanen Chaos Copy Share Image
A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when youre young. But you cant let money erode your principles or… — Wendelin Van Draanen Being young Copy Share Image
“scraps of love torn and tattered faded, scattered trashed threads of hope frayed and tangled broken, mangled dashed backing, buttons yarn and… — Wendelin Van Draanen Family Copy Share Image
It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal… — Wendelin Van Draanen Fiction Copy Share Image
