Top 100 R.J. Palacio Quotes
#1. we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks. When
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#2. Fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle ... - Natalie Merchant,
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#3. But the good thing about life, Julian," she continued, "is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better. One mistake does not define you.
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#5. Things that happen to us, even the bad stuff, can often teach us a little bit about ourselves.
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#7. Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me stand over my bed disbelieving what they're seeing They say I must be one of the wonders of god's own creation and as far as they can see they can offer no explanation - NATALIE MERCHANT,
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#8. I kind of wanted to tell them that. Like, it's okay, I know I'm weird-looking, take a look, I don't bite. Hey, the truth is, if a Wookiee started going to the school all of a sudden, I'd be curious, I'd probably stare a bit!
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#9. We're leaving together But still it's farewell And maybe we'll come back To Earth, who can tell I guess there is no one to blame We're leaving ground Will things ever be the same again? It's the final countdown. . . .
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#10. that sometimes marriages are like friendships that get tested, and people have to work through things.
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#11. In fact, no one seemed to care about what happened to him in the least,
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#12. My birthday is October 10. I like my birthday: 10/10. It would've been great if I'd been born at exactly 10:10 in the morning or at night, but I wasn't. I was born just after midnight. But I still thinking my birthday is cool.
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#13. When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer
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#14. It's so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not.
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#15. JULIAN ALBANS'S PRECEPT Sometimes it's good to start over. - Julian Albans
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#17. Or, what does a poor man have, a rich man need, and you would die if you ate it? Stuff
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#18. Mom and Dad came home two hours later. We knew the second they opened the door and Daisy wasn't with them that Daisy was gone.
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#19. Olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she's mad. and when she's fragile like this, she's a little lost bird looking for its nest.
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#20. And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom
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#21. Maybe he knew it and maybe he didn't, but for someone like me, words like that are worth all the medals in the world.
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#23. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.
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#24. We would spend hours playing pretend games about missions to deep space, or landing on Pluto. That became our favorite planet to travel to. Pluto was our Tatooine. We
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#25. When it's dark, be the one who turns on the light.
- Joseph, Age 9, Brooklyn, New York, November 29
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#27. when I was about eleven, I went to stay with Grans in Montauk for four weeks while August was having his big jaw surgery.
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#28. The truth of the matter is this: there's so much nobility lurking inside your souls. Our job as parents, and educators, and teachers, is to nurture it, to bring it out, and to let it shine. - Mr. Browne
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#29. My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.
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#30. I felt very sad and a tiny bit happy at the exact same time, kind
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#31. My hope is, as we start sixth grade, as we get older and wiser, that we all learn to trust each other enough so that we can truly be ourselves, and accept each other for who we really are. Thank you. How I Finally Introduced Myself I
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#32. Olivia's family tell each other "i love you" all the time. i can't remember the last time anyone in my family said that to me.
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#33. I opened the box. Inside was the cutest little puppy I've ever seen in my life. It was black and furry, with a pointy little snout and bright black eyes and small ears that flopped down.
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#34. There's a word like overprotective to describe some parents, but no word that means the opposite. What word do you use to describe parents who don't protect enough? Underprotective? Neglectful? Self-involved? Lame? All of the above.
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#35. I was looking for a little tiny spot to disappear into. I wanted a hole I could fall inside of: a little black hole that would eat me up.
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#37. There are always going to be jerks in the world, Auggie," she said, looking at me. "But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other. Just
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#38. I thought it would teach them a thing or two about empathy, and friendship, and loyalty. As it turns out, Jack Will didn't need to learn any of these virtues- he already had them in abundance.
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#39. I've learned that life is like a book. Sometimes we must close a chapter and begin the next one.
- Hanz, Age 13, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, December 8
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#40. As we get older and wiser, that we all learn to trust each other enough so that we can truly be ourselves, and accept each other for who we really are.
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#41. If you have a choice of being right or kind, choose kind.
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#42. It's not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.
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#43. Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth. Any words you used would come out wrong.
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#44. I've always thought that good teaching is about illumination. Sure, we teach things kids might not know, but a lot of the time, we're just shedding light on the stuff they already know.
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#45. AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world.
Auggie
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#47. Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.
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#49. He meticulously tries to get every hair in place. He tilts his head to look at himself from different angles, like there's some magic perspective in the mirror that could change the dimensions of his face'
-Olivia/Via thinking
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#51. its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber
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#52. What kind of doctor are you? Get up! Get up! And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom thinks it was actually the fart that finally woke the doctor up. Anyway,
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#54. Hope is like the Sun. When it's behind the clouds, it's not gone. You just have to find it!
- Matthew, Age 11, Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, March 21
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#56. mixing friends can be a weird thing even under the best circumstances.
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#57. Daisy was sleeping in heaven right then. And
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#58. So I just went over and sat with him. Not a biggie. I wish people would stop trying to turn it into something more. He's just a kid. The weirdest-looking kid I've ever seen, yes. But just a kid.
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#59. You don't need your eyes to love. You just feel it inside you.
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#60. There are so many words I can use to describe the looks on people's faces. And for a long time I didn't get it. I'd just get mad. Mad when they stared. Mad when they looked away. "What the heck are you looking at?" I'd say to people - even grown-ups.
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#61. Countless doctors have drawn little tic-tac-toe grids for my parents over the years to try to explain the genetic lottery to them. Geneticists
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#62. You don't need your eyes to love right? You just feel it inside you
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#63. If you want to be a star, you have to be willing to work harder than everyone else to achieve your goals and dreams! The way I see it, a dream is like a drawing in your head that comes to life. You have to imagine it first. Then you have to work extremely hard to make it come true. So,
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#64. I forgot that I might see So many beautiful things I forgot that I might need To find out what life could bring
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#65. My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August
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#67. Maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. The universe takes care of its birds.
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#68. Like breathing and swallowing, crying comes automatically to most kids, too.
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#69. The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we look like. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died.
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#70. Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
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#71. Actually, I prefer not to even try to imagine it. I
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#72. When something scary like this happens, it acts like a wake-up call, you know? It makes us reassess what's important in life. Our family. Our friends. The people we love.
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#73. I've never touched Auggie Pullman, it's only because I've never had a reason to - that's all!) Nobody
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#74. But realizing that Ximena Chin, under her layers and layers and layers of snarkiness and mischief, could actually be kind of sweet. When she wasn't being kind of mean.
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#75. My point is that in middle school you kind of get known for what you're into, and you
have to be careful about stuff like that.
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#76. I think we're too young to be dating. I mean I don't see what the rush is." Summer says.
"Yeah, I agree," said August. "Which is kind of a shame, you know what with all those babes who keep throwing themselves at me and stuff?
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#77. Good friendships are worth a little extra effort!
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#78. You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
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#79. Every person's story weaves in and out of someone else's story.
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#80. Your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.
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#81. Via had warned me about lunch in middle school, so I guess I should have known it would be hard.
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#82. How ya doin', Auggie? he'd always say, and
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#83. Nicknamed him the Zombie Kid, and that's what everyone was calling him. "Did you see the Zombie Kid yet?" Stuff like that gets around fast. And August knew it. It's hard enough being the new kid even when you have a normal face. Imagine having his face?
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#84. And far away, like in another world, we could hear Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
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#85. Clean up after yourselves. Be kind to nature and it will be kind to you. We
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#87. She looked up. "Oh, right," she said, nodding. I think she hadn't expected the conversation about Daisy to be over so quickly. But I didn't want to talk about it anymore.
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#88. Just goes to show, everyone really does have a story to tell. And most people, at least in my experience, are a little more noble than they think they are.
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#89. It is always brave to be kind, but in those days, such kindnesses could cost you your life.
Julian's Chapter
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#90. Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.
-Amos Conti
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#91. But hey, if they want to give me a medal for being me, that's okay. I'll take it.
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#92. I don't know if the three of us found each other because we were so alike in so many ways, or that because we found each other, we've become alike in so many ways.
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#94. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
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#95. Was at moments such as these that Joseph recognized the face of God in human form. It glimmered in their kindness to him, it glowed in their keenness, it hinted in their caring, indeed it caressed in their gaze.'
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#96. Everyone should always have a standing ovation at least once in their life.
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#97. What's cool about really little kids is that they don't say stuff to try to hurt your feelings, even though sometimes they do say stuff that hurts your feelings. But they don't actually know what they're saying. Big kids, though: they know what they're saying. And that is definitely not fun for me.
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#98. Just follow the day and reach for the sun!
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#99. Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.
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#100. And I wondered how it would feel to be in Heaven and not have my face matter anymore. Just like how it never, ever mattered to Daisy.
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