There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.
Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them - Wendelin Van Draanen
Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them
- Wendelin Van Draanen
Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker - Wendelin Van Draanen
Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker
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
But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on
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 l… - Wendelin Van Draanen
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 l…
I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line. - Wendelin Van Draanen
I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
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 … - Wendelin Van Draanen
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 …
Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is. - Wendelin Van Draanen
Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.
...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely. - Wendelin Van Draanen
...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.
...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run. - Wendelin Van Draanen
...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
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