I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home. — Wendelin Van Draanen Aloud Copy Share Image
“But every once you will find someone who’s iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Compare 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
What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were. — Wendelin Van Draanen Behave Copy Share Image
“If you were in love with her, that would be one thing. Love is something to be afraid of, but this, this… — Wendelin Van Draanen Afraid Copy Share Image
“Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Silence Copy Share Image
There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive. — Wendelin Van Draanen Alive Copy Share Image
“The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Choice 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
There was other stuff, too, like how something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and… — Wendelin Van Draanen Feels Copy Share Image
“He’s only going out with you because he feels sorry for you,” she whispers as she invades my personal space on a… — Wendelin Van Draanen Community service Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to be able to sleep a wink tonight. I hate shelters. People coughing and snoring and hacking up who-knows-what.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Shelters Copy Share Image
The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that… — Wendelin Van Draanen Boys Copy Share Image
You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably… — Wendelin Van Draanen Book 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
“What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom and Dad… — Wendelin Van Draanen Kiss Copy Share Image
Then I saw Juli. She was two tables away from me, facing my direction. Only she wasn't looking at me. She was… — Wendelin Van Draanen Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Summers there are awful! Winters there are awful! Why do you stay? You ought to run away! Hop a train! Stow away… — Wendelin Van Draanen Fitness Copy Share Image
And now I was seeing that there was something really cool about that family. All of them. They were just...real. And who… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bakers Copy Share Image
Bryce," she whispers. "What's wrong." I can barely breathe as I ask her, "Do you like him?" "Do I... you mean Jon?"… — Wendelin Van Draanen Breathe Copy Share Image
“How do you sort the treasure from the trash? When does something move from sentimental to disposable? And if you think you… — Wendelin Van Draanen Throw Away Copy Share Image
“I daydreamed a lot about the sycamore tree, too, which at first I thought was because I was feeling melancholy. But then… — Wendelin Van Draanen Flipped Copy Share Image
“A painting is more than the sum of the parts,” he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the… — Wendelin Van Draanen Artist 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
Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match. — Wendelin Van Draanen Match Copy Share Image
“I’d way rather defend myself against a man with a stick than a social worker with good intentions.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Defend Copy Share Image
“And, dude, the truth is, if you're gonna be like this, I don't need the association.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Association Copy Share Image
Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker — Wendelin Van Draanen Bakers Copy Share Image
Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me. — Wendelin Van Draanen Talk to me Copy Share Image
You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard. — Wendelin Van Draanen Men Copy Share Image
“It felt like there was a dark spot in my heart. Like a bruise. And it was getting deeper and wider with… — Wendelin Van Draanen Cried Copy Share Image
You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done. — Wendelin Van Draanen Condemn Copy Share Image
Don't even try to talk to me when I'm watching the moon. That's my moon, baby. — Wendelin Van Draanen Baby Copy Share Image
“Really, Dad. I understand now about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Father Copy Share Image
Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them — Wendelin Van Draanen Learning 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
(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
“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
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
“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
