Wendelin Van Draanen Thinking Quotations

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.

I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.

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.

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?

It's funny how you can think you know someone pretty well, and then something happens or they do something that makes you understand that you didn't really know them at all.