“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 Time 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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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 First Day Copy Share Image
Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt? — Wendelin Van Draanen Chance 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
There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a… — Wendelin Van Draanen Arsenal Copy Share Image
“It’s amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation… they’re all… — Wendelin Van Draanen Athlete Copy Share Image
I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though… — Wendelin Van Draanen Art Copy Share Image
A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or… — Wendelin Van Draanen Book Copy Share Image
(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?… — Wendelin Van Draanen Goodbye Copy Share Image
One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Age Copy Share Image
