Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes about Running

...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.

Running, Hurt, Long

Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.85, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don’t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they’ve given up and try to lure someone else.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Girl, Running, Fighting

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

Running, People, Legs

Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). “The Running Dream”, p.303, Knopf Books for Young Readers

I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Running, Who I Am, Care

Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). “The Running Dream”, p.6, Knopf Books for Young Readers

If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not. If the mind says it's too cold or too rainy or too windy to run, the body will be more than happy to agree. If the mind says it would be better to rest or recover or cut practice, the body will be glad to oblige.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Running, Strong, Cutting

Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). “The Running Dream”, p.157, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes about Running

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