Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them. Wendelin Van Draanen More Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen More Quotes From Wendelin Van Draanen Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is. Wendelin Van Draanen adversityproblemworld ...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run. Wendelin Van Draanen hurtrunninglong Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare. Wendelin Van Draanen inspirelifepeople Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker Wendelin Van Draanen bakerssilenceway Proper lighting is everything, Julianna. Wendelin Van Draanen lighting A painting is more than the sum of its parts Wendelin Van Draanen mathematical-logiclogical-reasoninggreek A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing. Wendelin Van Draanen soundwindbook 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 paintearsheart If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way. Wendelin Van Draanen organizationstepsway It's funny how you can think you know someone pretty well, and then something happens or they do something that makes you understand that you didn't really know them at all. Wendelin Van Draanen wellshappensthinking I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree. Wendelin Van Draanen dadkissingmom I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip. Wendelin Van Draanen slippingmen I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home. Wendelin Van Draanen ifshomethinking But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on Wendelin Van Draanen strongenoughheart I had liked him for all the wrong reasons. Wendelin Van Draanen wrong-reasonsreason It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying! Wendelin Van Draanen slayingembarrassingego One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back. Wendelin Van Draanen hatechoicescharacter A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic. Wendelin Van Draanen lightflowertree Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me. Wendelin Van Draanen talk-to-meway Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them Wendelin Van Draanen personsknows
