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Wendelin Van Draanen is an American author known for his young adult literature. His works often explore themes of growth, friendship, and family relationships, and are highly appreciated by young readers.

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Famous Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes

“One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life." He was quiet for a minute then dropped the curtain and said, "I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

Character Flipped Bryce Chet

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“—No hay nada como una mujer de cabeza fuerte para hacerte feliz de estar vivo.”

Nostalgia Flipped Abuelo Chester Ducan Pág 141

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“—Es fácil mirar hacia atrás y ver, y es fácil dar el consejo, pero la triste realidad es que la mayoría de las personas no se muestran como son en realidad hasta que ya es demasiado tarde.”

Flipped Abuelo Chet Chester Ducan Pág 144

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“Pero si el caos es un paso necesario en la organización del universo, entonces yo estaba en buen camino.”

Flipped Caos Juli Baker Organización Pág 136

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“El que todavía estaba avergonzado por sostener mi mano dos días antes de entrar a segundo grado. El que todavía era demasiado tímido para decir mucho más que hola. El que todavía estaba caminando por ahí con mi primer beso.”

Flipped Juli Baker Primer Beso Pág 26

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“Los atardeceres eran increíbles. Algunos días solían ser morados y rosas, otros días era como un abrasador naranja prendiéndole fuego a las nubes en el horizonte. -Juli”

Flipped Atardecer Juli Sicomoro

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“Tiene esta mirada en sus ojos en la que parece que ha traspasado el patio, el vecindario, el mundo. Y mientas sus grandes y callosas manos tocan el lienzo con su pincel, es como si su cuerpo estuviera poseído por alguna gracia espiritual.”

Arte Flipped Pintura Pág 44 Sr Baker

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“—El carácter de uno se forma en una temprana edad, hijo. Las decisiones que tomes ahora te afectarán para el resto de tu vida—Se quedó callado por un momento, luego dejó caer la cortina y dijo—: Odio verte nadar tan lejos que después no puedas regresar.”

Flipped Decisiones Bryce Loski Abuelo Pág 112

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“¿Rechazaban la oferta de sentir magia por el pequeño miedo de ensuciarse?”

Flipped Magia Juli Pág 50

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“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.”

Knows World Firsts Heart Persons Feelings Eye Moving Fall Force My Heart First Time Connected Invisible Floating Drifting Flipped Swirls Physical Force Drifting Away

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“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.”

People Life Inspire Compare Flats Flipped Gloss Satin Iridescent

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

Way Silence Bakers Flipped

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“I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski”

Flipped Bryce Loski

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“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.”

People Giving Looks Facts Easy Advice Personality Late Surface Too Late Flipped Beneath The Surface

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“Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.”

Littles Sometimes Whole Pain Discomfort Down The Road Flipped Bryce Loski

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“A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic.”

Light Together Sun Magic Tree Painting Flower Goes On Grass Cows Beam Meadows Flipped Beams Of Light Peeking

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

One Thing I Realized Flipped Bryce Loski

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“A painting is more than the sum of its parts”

Painting Greek Biodiversity Flipped Apprenticeship Mathematical Logic Reductionism Holism Summing Up Parts Of A Whole Logical Reasoning

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About the Author

Born: January 6, 1965
Known for: Author
Quotes: 92

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