184 Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen

Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don’t see them.

You got nothin’ to lose but your self-respect.

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

There’s nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.

Which I guess is better than her playing her usual role in How I Ruined My Daughter’s Life.

Street people use cardboard all the time, and bum alleys are just shanties or lean-tos, though. They’re nothing like my house! Mine is deluxe! It’s a big, thick, super sturdy refrigerator box that I found at an appliance store!

Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don’t watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.

Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace.

My life is over. Behind.