Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen

About Wendelin Van Draanen:

Wendelin Van Draanen is an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction, especially detective, mystery, and spy stories.
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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 late.

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All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me.

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Mirando atrás hacia segundo grado, me gusta pensar que era por lo mejor en parte la curiosidad científica lo que me hacía perseguir es beso, pero para ser honesta, eran probablemente más esos ojos azules.

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Lo que le hizo a mi corazón era puro, una magia inexplicable. - Juli

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Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.

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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 when you do, nothing will ever compare.

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If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

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One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

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I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there.

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If you really want things to change, you have to get involved. Little strokes fell big oaks, you know.

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You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.

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

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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

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You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

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Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

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A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put...

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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

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

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It’s amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation… they’re all there, but only to the person who’s worn the uniform

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Author Bio

  • NameWendelin Van Draanen
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJanuary 6, 1965
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter