184 Quotes by 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

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.

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

But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or Miranda or any of the other people who wouldn't understand. Juli was different, but after all these years that didn't bother me anymore. I liked it. I liked her.

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

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

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).

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.