You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages. — Wendelin Van Draanen Allergic Copy Share Image
“All I know is that compared to her, Shelly and Miranda seemed so… ordinary.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Compared Copy Share Image
It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They're so hard to pull. And grow back so easily. — Wendelin Van Draanen Flower Copy Share Image
It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying! — Wendelin Van Draanen Ego Copy Share Image
But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on — Wendelin Van Draanen Enough Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is. — Wendelin Van Draanen Amazing Copy Share Image
“I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compared to the one in my heart.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Pain Copy Share Image
I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. — Wendelin Van Draanen Believe Copy Share Image
To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty. — Wendelin Van Draanen Beauty 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
I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the… — Wendelin Van Draanen Monsters 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
All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person… — Wendelin Van Draanen Fit 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
It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people… — Wendelin Van Draanen Advice Copy Share Image
“Words can't fix my life. Words can't give me a family. Words can't do jack. You may be a teacher, Ms. Leone,… — Wendelin Van Draanen Family Copy Share Image
My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they… — Wendelin Van Draanen Anything Copy Share Image
My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like… — Wendelin Van Draanen Connected 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
“I've decided this is all your fault, Ms. Leone. I've run away before, you know, but stowed away or jumped trains or… — Wendelin Van Draanen Underground railroad 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
My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce loski 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
“And since you know what a tree-climbing weenie I am, I think it's pretty clear that I'm willing to do anything to… — Wendelin Van Draanen Willing Copy Share Image
“I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Hate Copy Share Image
Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace — Wendelin Van Draanen Blue Copy Share Image
