Top 58 Palacio Wonder Quotes
#2. Or, what does a poor man have, a rich man need, and you would die if you ate it? Stuff
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#3. Via doesn't see me as ordinary. She says she does, but if I were ordinary, she wouldn't feel like she needs to protect me that much. And mom and dad doesn't see me as ordinary, either. They see me as extraordinary. I think the only person in the world who realizes how ordinary I am is me.
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#4. Or maybe it's just that teachers hear everything. When
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#5. 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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#7. Swallowing, there were other things that didn't come automatically to him. For instance, he couldn't eat. He couldn't talk. He
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#8. 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.
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#9. 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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#10. It looked like someone had taken sidewalk chalk and smudged the colors across the sky with their fingers.
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#11. I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.
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#12. And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom
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#13. Learning who you are is what you're here to do.
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#14. A big sister who cries over being human over you. A gravelly voiced kid who's friends left him over you. And a pink-haired girl who keeps your picture in her wallet.
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#15. 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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#18. 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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#19. Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.
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#20. 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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#22. You don't need your eyes to love right? You just feel it inside you
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#23. 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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#24. What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
Sappho
#25. 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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#27. 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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#28. I mean, I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm actually considered something of a medical wonder, you know.
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#29. 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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#30. sometimes he would wake up choking on his own saliva if he accidentally turned over on his back.
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#31. Fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle ... - Natalie Merchant,
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#32. 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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#33. Shall we make a new rule of life ... Always try to be a little kinder than us necessary? ['The little white bird' by JM Barrie]
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#35. Things that happen to us, even the bad stuff, can often teach us a little bit about ourselves.
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#38. I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.
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#39. 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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#40. 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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#41. Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
"Then how do people recognize each other?"
"I don't know, sweetie. They just feel it. You don't need your eyes to love, right?
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#43. 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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#45. 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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#46. Everyone born of God overcometh the world.
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#48. No, no, it's not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and the universe doesn't. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see.
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#49. The first look I got of August, well, it made me want to cover my eyes and run away screaming.
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#50. that sometimes marriages are like friendships that get tested, and people have to work through things.
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#51. AUGUST IS THE Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun.
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#52. In fact, no one seemed to care about what happened to him in the least,
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#53. 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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#54. Oh wow, there's another fly on the wall! Look, there's a new dog sleeping on the sidewalk. Yippee.
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#55. When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer
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#56. It's so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not.
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#57. JULIAN ALBANS'S PRECEPT Sometimes it's good to start over. - Julian Albans
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#58. One of the reasons I grew my hair long last year was that I like how my bangs cover my eyes: it helps me block out the things I don't want to see.
-August thinking
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