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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.”

51. “Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “I’ve decided this is all your fault, Ms. Leone. I’ve run away before, you know, but stowed away or jumped trains or broke into buildings, I just ran away and got caught. But I think all that stuff you told us about the Underground Railroad got lodged in my subconscious, and somewhere inside it gave me the strength or courage or insanity to really get away. So see? This is all your fault.”

52. “I’ve decided this is all your fault, Ms. Leone. I’ve run away before, you know, but stowed away or jumped trains or broke into buildings, I just ran away and got caught. But I think all that stuff you told us about the Underground Railroad got lodged in my subconscious, and somewhere inside it gave me the strength or courage or insanity to really get away. So see? This is all your fault.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn’t stop someone’s best and brightest blessing! Surely not!”

53. “Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn’t stop someone’s best and brightest blessing! Surely not!”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Then a few months ago I found myself talking to the tree. An entire conversation, just me and a tree. And on the climb down I felt like crying. Why didn’t I have someone real to talk to? Why didn’t I have a best friend like everyone else seemed to? Sure, there were kids I knew at school, but none of them were close friends. They’d have no interest in climbing the tree. In smelling the sunshine.”

54. “Then a few months ago I found myself talking to the tree. An entire conversation, just me and a tree. And on the climb down I felt like crying. Why didn’t I have someone real to talk to? Why didn’t I have a best friend like everyone else seemed to? Sure, there were kids I knew at school, but none of them were close friends. They’d have no interest in climbing the tree. In smelling the sunshine.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him.”

55. “I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “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.”

56. “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.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “One’s character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life.”

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

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?”

58. “Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you’re floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person’s eyes. They’re connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away.”

59. “My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you’re floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person’s eyes. They’re connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “I operate under the assumption that people don’t notice the good in me. That’s just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.”

60. “I operate under the assumption that people don’t notice the good in me. That’s just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Backup backpacks.”

61. “Backup backpacks.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don’t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they’ve given up and try to lure someone else.”

62. “Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don’t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they’ve given up and try to lure someone else.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.”

63. “I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “It was nice, though, riding with my father. It was like the silence connected us in a way that explanations never could.”

64. “It was nice, though, riding with my father. It was like the silence connected us in a way that explanations never could.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Food in the trash is like the tossed-and-found.”

65. “Food in the trash is like the tossed-and-found.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.”

66. “The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “If you were in love with her, that would be one thing. Love is something to be afraid of, but this, this is embarrassing.”

67. “If you were in love with her, that would be one thing. Love is something to be afraid of, but this, this is embarrassing.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “You got nothin’ to lose but your self-respect.”

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

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.”

69. “I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Conquering the wild is nothing compared to fixing the cracks in your heart.”

70. “Conquering the wild is nothing compared to fixing the cracks in your heart.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.”

71. “It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?”

72. “Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “My life is over. Behind.”

73. “My life is over. Behind.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Man, talk about having a skeleton in the closet – this.”

74. “Man, talk about having a skeleton in the closet – this.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.”

75. “Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Which I guess is better than her playing her usual role in How I Ruined My Daughter’s Life.”

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

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “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!”

77. “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!”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “You don’t have to be an immediate expert at everything, Juli. The idea here is to learn something new.”

78. “You don’t have to be an immediate expert at everything, Juli. The idea here is to learn something new.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “This is the kind of silence that connects us in a way that words never could.”

79. “This is the kind of silence that connects us in a way that words never could.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Anger is a dry riverbed. You should follow it only if it leads you to the springs of forgiveness.”

80. “Anger is a dry riverbed. You should follow it only if it leads you to the springs of forgiveness.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen Quote: “Maybe my mother’s right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it’s time to meet him in the proper light.”

81. “Maybe my mother’s right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it’s time to meet him in the proper light.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

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