Ica

“And, dude, the truth is, if you're gonna be like this, I don't need the association.”
― 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

“Seriously. There's no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

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