If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.
Wendelin Van DraanenMots clés chaos
To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.
Wendelin Van DraanenAnd then she started climbing/ The girl is in the seventh grade, and she's climbing a tree--way, way up in the tree. And why does she do it? So she can yell down at us that the bus is five! four! three blocks away! Blow-by-blow traffic watch from a tree--what every kid in junior high feels like hearing first thing in the morning. She tried to get me to come up there with her, too. "Bryce, come on! You won't believe the colors! It's absolutely magnificent! Bryce, you've got to come up here!" Yeah, I could just hear it: "Bryce and Juli sitting in a tree..." Was I ever going to leave the second grade behind?
Wendelin Van DraanenMots clés humor
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.
Wendelin Van DraanenSome 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 DraanenMots clés individuality life beauty people enthusiasm ebullience
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 DraanenMots clés character
...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
Wendelin Van DraanenMots clés inspirational right-and-wrong honor
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 DraanenMots clés wisdom inspirational prejudice grandpa-chet
What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
Wendelin Van DraanenIt was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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