"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."

Source : Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.14, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Wendelin Van Draanen

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“You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that's a problem. It's a fiscal problem for us.”

Source : "Your World with Neil Cavuto", www.foxnews.com. May 13, 2005.
“I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question you're trying to answer is, but you go, "This is something I need to explore and want to explore, and it's inside me in a way that I think I can do a good job with."”

Source : "Director John Lee Hancock Talks SAVING MR. BANKS, Why He Takes Time Between Projects, Working with Disney’s Legal Department, and THE AMERICAN CAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 18, 2013.
“The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.”
“Fresh, fun and oh-so-romantic, WILD HEARTS had me galloping through the pages. I absolutely loved it.”
“Most technology companies are culturally inept. They're never going to get curation right.”

Source : "Jimmy Iovine Is Going To Be Awesome For Apple" by Steve Kovach, www.businessinsider.com. May 9, 2014.
“There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark”
“I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.”

Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.62, Taylor & Francis
“Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.”

Source : "Advice to Grandparents: Hold the Advice" by Karin Kasdin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 4, 2012.

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