He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you. Wendelin Van Draanen More Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen More Quotes From Wendelin Van Draanen I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him Wendelin Van Draanen get-overyearsneeds I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line. Wendelin Van Draanen startingrealizinglines Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie. Wendelin Van Draanen coveringwindlying 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 meanwayschool 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, and in the end my choice is to hop back on or get left in the dust. Wendelin Van Draanen dustchoicesthinking I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear. -Bryce Wendelin Van Draanen namesmonstersworld You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect. Wendelin Van Draanen self-respectlosesself Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them. Wendelin Van Draanen frontswantsometimes And now I was seeing that there was something really cool about that family. All of them. They were just...real. And who were we? There was something spinning wickedly out of control inside this house. It was like seeing inside the Baker's world had opened up windows into our own, and the view was not a pretty one. Where had all this stuff come from? And why hadn't I ever seen it before. Wendelin Van Draanen realviewshouse Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt? Wendelin Van Draanen dirtmagiclittles As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. Wendelin Van Draanen legsrunningpeople There was other stuff, too, like how something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and why people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living. Wendelin Van Draanen miraclepeopleneeds Bryce," she whispers. "What's wrong." I can barely breathe as I ask her, "Do you like him?" "Do I... you mean Jon?" "Yes!" "Well, sure. He's nice and -" "No, do you like him?" My heart was pounding through my chest as I took her other hand and waited. "Well, no. I mean, not like that...." No! She said no! I didn't care where I was, I didn't care who saw. I wanted, just had to kiss her. I leaned in, closed my eyes, and then... Wendelin Van Draanen niceeyemean Then I saw Juli. She was two tables away from me, facing my direction. Only she wasn't looking at me. She was looking at Jon, her eyes all sparkly and laughing. My heart lurched. What was she laughing about? What were they talking about? How could she sit there and look so... beautiful? I felt myself spinning out of control. It was weird. Like I couldn't even steer my own body. I'd always thought Jon was pretty cool, but right then I wanted to go over and throw him across the room. Wendelin Van Draanen eyeheartbeautiful You never forget your first love. Wendelin Van Draanen never-forgetfirst-lovefirsts Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light. Wendelin Van Draanen lightmotherknows My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always been; you're the one who's changed." He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, "And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again. Wendelin Van Draanen grandfatherhandsson ...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely. Wendelin Van Draanen flippedi-realizedone-thing So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was "the man", the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable." -Bryce Loski Wendelin Van Draanen girlmenschool Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not! Wendelin Van Draanen woodsblessing
