I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip. — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
“But, Steven!” my mom said, then threw her hands in the air.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic. — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce loski Copy Share Image
It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying! — Wendelin Van Draanen Ego Copy Share Image
“If you really want things to change, you have to get involved. Little strokes fell big oaks, you know.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Change Copy Share Image
“I knew we weren't rich, but I didn't feel like I was missing anything.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Life 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 realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line. — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health. — Wendelin Van Draanen Exercise 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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. — Wendelin Van Draanen Discomfort 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 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
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
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
It's funny how you can think you know someone pretty well, and then something happens or they do something that makes you… — Wendelin Van Draanen 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 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 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
Aw, he's just you know...entrenched," Matt said. "Gotta adjust to the perspective and deal from there." Then he added, "Not that I'd… — Wendelin Van Draanen Bawling 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 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
What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
“Bryce, I asked you to conquer your fear, but all you did was give in to it. If you were in love… — Wendelin Van Draanen 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 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
I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I… — Wendelin Van Draanen Animals 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 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
Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there. — 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
“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
I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart. — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them. — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
