“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 FlippedSource: Flipped
“Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could.”Wendelin Van Draanen FlippedSource: Flipped
“All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home… and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me.”Wendelin Van Draanen FlippedSource: Flipped
“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”Wendelin Van Draanen FlippedSource: Flipped
“There's nothing like a head-strong woman to make you happy to be alive.”Wendelin Van Draanen FlippedSource: Flipped (2001)
“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 FlippedSource: Flipped
“What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet—only science would put them on the same tree.”Wendelin Van Draanen FlippedFlipped (2001)
“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 FlippedFlipped (2001)