Quotes from Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.

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.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.

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.