More quotes by 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."
"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."
"Proper lighting is everything, Julianna."
"What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic."
"What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were."