It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying! Wendelin Van Draanen More Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen More Quotes From Wendelin Van Draanen All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me. Wendelin Van Draanen forever home school Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. Wendelin Van Draanen pain littles sometimes I miss school. What’s wrong with me? Wendelin Van Draanen missing school You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read. Wendelin Van Draanen rip book thinking (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? But I’m not an Italian gypsy, I’m a hungry gypsy. So spelling it chow makes total sense.) Wendelin Van Draanen italian goodbye way Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace Wendelin Van Draanen taste faces blue Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match. Wendelin Van Draanen score okay needs Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don’t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they’ve given up and try to lure someone else. Wendelin Van Draanen girl fighting running I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for. Wendelin Van Draanen lucky waiting forever It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material if life hasn't been peachy (and not a whole lot if it has). Wendelin Van Draanen writing giving fiction I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed. Wendelin Van Draanen artist play kids 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 earth heart wind Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there. Wendelin Van Draanen eye hair looks What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were. Wendelin Van Draanen expecting gentleman men 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 has-beens done might Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem? Wendelin Van Draanen motor-oil upset thinking My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you're floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes. They're connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away. Wendelin Van Draanen heart fall moving There's no winning arguments with your parents Wendelin Van Draanen argument parent winning It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late. Wendelin Van Draanen personality giving people There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive. Wendelin Van Draanen happy-to-be-alive make-you-happy alive