Wendelin Van Draanen
Wendelin Van Draanen
Wendelin Van Draanenis an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 January 1965
CountryUnited States of America
Wendelin Van Draanen quotes about
kids artist play
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.
eye hair looks
Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
ego embarrassing slaying
It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
moving fall 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.
pain littles sometimes
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
blue taste faces
Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
alive make-you-happy happy-to-be-alive
There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.
winning parent argument
There's no winning arguments with your parents
happiness inspiring success
He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
crush boys eight
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.
pain heart tears
I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
arguing priests nun
It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
rip book thinking
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.
goodbye italian way
(Actually now I’m remembering that the goodbye chow isn’t spelled that way. It’s ciao or something weird like that. It’s Italian, right? But I’m not an Italian gypsy, I’m a hungry gypsy. So spelling it chow makes total sense.)