Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes: As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.
         

As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.


Wendelin Van Draanen
Check all other quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 18 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/As-I-run-I-wonder-how-many-1148627>.





Check out


Other quotes of Wendelin Van Draanen


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.

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.



Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.



Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.

Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.



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

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



...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.



It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!



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

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



A painting is more than the sum of its parts

A painting is more than the sum of its parts



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

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



Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker





Other quotes you may like



A heart has its multiple facets of daily music. Respect a genuine good heart.

A heart has its multiple facets of daily music. Respect a genuine good heart.



I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs.

I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs.



I've had weight issues all my life. I've been on all the diets: Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale diet. Now I go to the gym often. I'm always on the StairMaster, and I do weights.

I've had weight issues all my life. I've been on all the diets: Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale diet. Now I go to the gym often. I'm always on the StairMaster, and I do weights.



Discern the vital few from the trivial Many.

Discern the vital few from the trivial Many.



A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.



It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.

It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.



I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.



While death and darkness girdle me I grope for immortality.

While death and darkness girdle me I grope for immortality.



My rage is not malicious; like a spark Of fire by steel inforced out of a flint It is no sooner kindled, but extinct.

My rage is not malicious; like a spark Of fire by steel inforced out of a flint It is no sooner kindled, but extinct.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.". Author of this quote is Wendelin Van Draanen. This quote is about action, concrete, good intentions, people, legs, wonder, wide, running, abyss,.