“All I know is that compared to her, Shelly and Miranda seemed so… ordinary.” — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. — Wendelin Van Draanen 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
“It's that way with people, too. Only with people it's sometimes that the whole is less than the sum of the parts.” — Wendelin Van Draanen 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
Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them. — 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
“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
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
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
I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more!… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Cover ups 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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. — Wendelin Van Draanen Discomfort 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
I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health. — Wendelin Van Draanen Exercise 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
...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely. — Wendelin Van Draanen Bryce loski 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“I tried to convince the kids at the bus stop to climb up with me, even a little ways, but all of… — Wendelin Van Draanen Fear Copy Share Image
