Quotes from Flipped

“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.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“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.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“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.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“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.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear.-Bryce”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“And since you know what a tree-climbing weenie I am, I think it's pretty clear that I'm willing to do anything to get her to talk to me. Man, I'll dive after her into a chicken coop full of poop if that's what it takes. I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“There's no winning arguments with your parents”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“And then she started climbing/ The girl is in the seventh grade, and she's climbing a tree--way, way up in the tree. And why does she do it? So she can yell down at us that the bus is five! four! three blocks away! Blow-by-blow traffic watch from a tree--what every kid in junior high feels like hearing first thing in the morning. She tried to get me to come up there with her, too. "Bryce, come on! You won't believe the colors! It's absolutely magnificent! Bryce, you've got to come up here!" Yeah, I could just hear it: "Bryce and Juli sitting in a tree..." Was I ever going to leave the second grade behind?”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped

“My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always been; you're the one who's changed." He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, "And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, quote from Flipped