AwkwardTrash
- Wendelin Van Draanen- 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.
AwkwardTrash
- Wendelin Van Draanen- 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
- 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."