Ica

“He'd crossed the line, man. He'd crossed it big-time.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom and Dad at bedtime. The same species maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm not talking like a hundred-watt bulb; she just had this warmth to her. Maybe it came from climbing that tree. Maybe it came from singing to chickens. Maybe it came from whacking at two-by-fours and dreaming about perpetual motion. I don't know. All I know is that compared to her, everybody else seemed so ordinary.
I had flipped.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“Really, Dad. I understand now about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped