Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped Quotes
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.
...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
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.
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.
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.
You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.
What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
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.
