184 Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen

One’s character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life.

If the mind’s not strong, the body acts weak, even if it’s not. If the mind says it’s too cold or too rainy or too windy to run, the body will be more than happy to agree. If the mind says it would be better to rest or recover or cut practice, the body will be glad to oblige.

I’d scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I’d yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear. -Bryce.

The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped. Honestly, one look at him and I became a lunatic. It’s his eyes. Something in his eyes. They’re blue, and framed in the blackness of his lashes, they’re dazzling. Absolutely breathtaking.

Every once in a while you find someone who is iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

It’s disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They’re so hard to pull. And grow back so easily.

But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn’t strong enough yet to be walked on.

Today I’ve been considering how life’s journey is not about the distance we move our feet, but how we are moved in our heart.

I’ve never thought about Who I want to be. The question has always been What do you want to be?