Runaway
Wendelin Van Draanen
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.”
“I miss school. What’s wrong with me?”
“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.”
“I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.”
“(Actually now I’m remembering that the goodbye chow isn’t spelled that way. It’s ciao or something weird like that. It’s Italian, right? But I’m not an Italian gypsy, I’m a hungry gypsy. So spelling it chow makes total sense.)”
“I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.”
“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?”
“Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace”
“Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.”
“It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.”
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world, observing, believe, problems, amazing, background, noticed, assuption
