Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them

- 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

- Wendelin Van Draanen

Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

- 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…

- Wendelin Van Draanen

I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.

- 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 …

- Wendelin Van Draanen

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

- Wendelin Van Draanen

...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

- Wendelin Van Draanen

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

- Wendelin Van Draanen