The Running Dream Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes & Sayings

Where thinking is isolated without free exchange with other minds and can no longer expand, delusion may follow. Whenever ideas are compartmentalized, behind and between curtains, the process of continual alert confrontation of facts and reality is hampered. The system freezes, becomes rigid, and dies of delusion. — Joost A.M. Meerloo

A sense of humor ... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. — Hugh Sidey

Hang onto your humanity with all you have. Cherish it. Remember, you are the one in control of your destiny and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. — Cathlin Shahriary

Your life was always worth something baby, I just help you make sense of it all. You've always done that for me too, you know. You're more than worthy. You're perfect for me because we were born to complete each other." Cradling his face in my hand, I smiled at him. "I love you Spencer Cross, and we're going to have a beautiful family. Have faith. — Ella Fox

Ben starts. "I Spy with my little eye something I really like."
"Oh I know," Radar says. "It's the taste of balls."
"No."
"Is it the taste of penises?" I guess.
"No, dumbass."
"Hmm," says Radar. "Is it the smell of balls?"
"The texture of balls? — John Green

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. — Kathe Kollwitz

A lot of my peers don't think about collaborating the way I do. My approach is to imagine my world. The Jason Wu woman isn't just floating around in a beautiful dress. I like to know where she's going, what she likes. I'm not just in the fashion business. I'm in the lifestyle business. — Jason Wu

At what point is normal natural? — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

But I've never spoken to a grave before.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know how.
'I'm so sorry,' I choke out, but that's as far as I get before I start crying. I feel bad that she's gone. I feel overwhelmed. And I feel guilt.
Guilt that I've recovered.
Guilt that I'm happy.
Guilt that I ever thought she was the lucky one. — Wendelin Van Draanen

I think of you only twice a day - when I am alone and when I am with someone else. — Amit Kalantri

The most unforgettable dinner parties happened when guests said unexpected, and potentially offensive, things. The — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I tried hockey, but it never stuck. — Jason Bay

To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with. — Robert Motherwell

No one will ever be as good at being you as you. So start there. Perfect is boring. — Brett Dalton

Sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers because we ask for too little — Sunday Adelaja

Hope was all that stood between them and death. — Nathaniel Philbrick