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  • Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.

    Lying   Wind   Covering  
  • Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?

    Magic   Littles   Dirt  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.38, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • 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

    Names   Monsters   World  
  • But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or Miranda or any of the other people who wouldn't understand. Juli was different, but after all these years that didn't bother me anymore. I liked it. I liked her.

    Heart   Years   People  
  • I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.

    Men   Slipping  
  • I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.

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

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

    Needs   Score   Okay  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Runaway”, p.10, Laurel Leaf
  • There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.

    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.5, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was "the man", the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable." -Bryce Loski

    Girl   School   Men  
  • I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.

    Waiting   Forever   Lucky  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • 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.

    Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). “The Running Dream”, p.157, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him

    Years   Needs   Get Over  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.209, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree.

    Mom   Dad   Kissing  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.15, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

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

    Way   Talk To Me  
  • 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?

  • Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not!

    Blessing   Woods  
  • Then I saw Juli. She was two tables away from me, facing my direction. Only she wasn't looking at me. She was looking at Jon, her eyes all sparkly and laughing. My heart lurched. What was she laughing about? What were they talking about? How could she sit there and look so... beautiful? I felt myself spinning out of control. It was weird. Like I couldn't even steer my own body. I'd always thought Jon was pretty cool, but right then I wanted to go over and throw him across the room.

    Beautiful   Eye   Heart  
  • 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.

    Moving   Fall   Heart  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.14, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.

    Rip   Book   Thinking  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Runaway”, p.40, Laurel Leaf
  • 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.

    Kids   Artist   Play  
  • 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.

    Flower   Light   Tree  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.34, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

    Arguing   Priests   Nun  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Runaway”, p.234, Laurel Leaf
  • As much as thinking this upsets me, I'm starting to see that I need the merry-go-round much more than it needs me, and in the end my choice is to hop back on or get left in the dust.

    Thinking   Dust   Choices  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). “The Running Dream”, p.82, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

    Done   Might   Has Beens  
  • It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They're so hard to pull. And grow back so easily.

    Weed   Garden   Roots  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). “The Running Dream”, p.314, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on

    Strong   Heart   Enough  
    Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.195, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • I miss school. What’s wrong with me?

    School   Missing  
  • You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.

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