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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.Wendelin Van Draanen
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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.Wendelin Van Draanen
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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.Wendelin Van Draanen
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...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.Wendelin Van Draanen
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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.Wendelin Van Draanen
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Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.Wendelin Van Draanen
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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.Wendelin Van Draanen
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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 them all together and you've got magic.Wendelin Van Draanen
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Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.Wendelin Van Draanen
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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.Wendelin Van Draanen
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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.Wendelin Van Draanen
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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.Wendelin Van Draanen
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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.Wendelin Van Draanen
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If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.Wendelin Van Draanen
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You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.Wendelin Van Draanen