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I was so bummed when it got lost," I said. "Oh, it didn't get lost," he answered casually. "I threw it out. -- R.j. Palacio
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. . . . -- R.j. Palacio
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! -- R.j. Palacio
He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. -- R.j. Palacio
We're kind of like Beauty and the Beast. -- R.j. Palacio
Or, what does a poor man have, a rich man need, and you would die if you ate it? Stuff -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
My parental unit who is at this moment violating my personal space and reading my text over my shoulder wants me to finish homework so I GTG. CU2moro! Gnight. Summer -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Are you really going to let a couple of stupid kids keep you from going back to school? I know you've been enjoying it. Don't give them that power over yot. Don't give them the satisfaction. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
It's funny how 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. olivia's family -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
Be yourself, you will not get a second chance to.
- Daniel, Age 12, Munich, Germany, October 14 -- R.j. Palacio
moment," Dad repeated. "Good night, guys. -- R.j. Palacio
When he told me this. -- R.j. Palacio
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? -- R.j. Palacio
You can't blend in when you were born to stand out. -- R.j. Palacio
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? -- R.j. Palacio
To thine own self be true. -- R.j. Palacio
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, -- R.j. Palacio
Just follow the day and reach for the sun! -- R.j. Palacio
But hey, if they want to give me a medal for being me, that's okay. I'll take it. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can't see where we are going! -- R.j. Palacio
Bye, dear ol' Dad." He smiled. "Bye, my son, my son. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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] -- R.j. Palacio
If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers! - Homer Simpson -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
How ya doin', Auggie? he'd always say, and -- R.j. Palacio
One mistake doesn't define you, Julian. -- R.j. Palacio
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? -- R.j. Palacio
we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks. When -- R.j. Palacio
You don't need your eyes to love, -- R.j. Palacio
Sometimes we hate the things we're afraid of. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
The things you did, you know they were not right. But that does not mean you are not capable of doing right. It only means that you chose to do wrong. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
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, -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
The good thing about life [ ... ] is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. -- R.j. Palacio
Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing. -- R.j. Palacio
The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment. -- R.j. Palacio
I'll meet you outside. I rushed to -- R.j. Palacio
Words can't change my face -- R.j. Palacio
One should be kinder than needed. What I love that line, that concept, is that it reminds me that we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindess. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
You don't need your eyes to love right? You just feel it inside you -- R.j. Palacio
It was only then that I realized that poor Ms. Rubin's blouse and skirt were completely covered in my blood. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand. -- R.j. Palacio
It is always brave to be kind. -- R.j. Palacio
JULIAN ALBANS'S PRECEPT Sometimes it's good to start over. - Julian Albans -- R.j. Palacio
And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom -- R.j. Palacio
AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world.
Auggie -- R.j. Palacio
Things that happen to us, even the bad stuff, can often teach us a little bit about ourselves. -- R.j. Palacio
Your deeds are your monuments. -- R.j. Palacio
Listen to the whispers. -- R.j. Palacio
Fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle ... - Natalie Merchant, -- R.j. Palacio
its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber -- R.j. Palacio
But the good thing about life is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better. -- R.j. Palacio
Hey hey, I know!" said Dad excitedly. "Let's fix them up on a blind date! Can you imagine? Miss Butt, meet Mr. Tushman. Mr. Tushman, here's Miss Butt. They could get married and have a bunch of little Tushies. -- R.j. Palacio
They would sneak peeks at me from behind their notebooks or when they thought I wasn't looking. They would take the longest way around me to avoid bumping into me in any way, like I had some germ they could catch, like my face was contagious. -- R.j. Palacio
[ ... ] You'd look up and see a billion stars in the sky. [ ... ] Like someone sprinkled salt on a shiny black table. -- R.j. Palacio
For me, Halloween is the best holiday in the world. It even beats Christmas. I get to dress up in a costume. I get to wear a mask. I get to go around like every other kid with a mask and nobody thinks I look weird. Nobody takes a second look. Nobody notices me. Nobody knows me. I -- R.j. Palacio
Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
It is always brave to be kind, but in those days, such kindnesses could cost you your life.
Julian's Chapter -- R.j. Palacio
It's so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not. -- R.j. Palacio
By the way, I love your precept. I agree, sometimes it's good to start over. A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we've done, and apply what we've learned from those things to the future. If we don't examine the past, we don't learn from it. -- R.j. Palacio
Oh wow, there's another fly on the wall! Look, there's a new dog sleeping on the sidewalk. Yippee. -- R.j. Palacio
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, -- R.j. Palacio
One mistake does not define you. -- R.j. Palacio
that sometimes marriages are like friendships that get tested, and people have to work through things. -- R.j. Palacio
I've never touched Auggie Pullman, it's only because I've never had a reason to - that's all!) Nobody -- R.j. Palacio
If you can get through middle school without hurting anyone's feelings, that's really cool beans.
-Summer Dawson -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
In fact, no one seemed to care about what happened to him in the least, -- R.j. Palacio
No, sweeties, don't let them do that to you. You were there for more than forty-eight hours, and that awful part lasted one hour. Don't let them take that away from you, okay? -- R.j. Palacio
Everyone should always have a standing ovation at least once in their life. -- R.j. Palacio
Sometimes friendships are hard. -- R.j. Palacio
There's no rule book that tells you how to act in every given situation in life, you know? So what I always say is that it's always better to err on the side of kindness. That's the secret. If you don't know what to do, just be kind. You can't go wrong. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
The first look I got of August, well, it made me want to cover my eyes and run away screaming. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Oh, you know me, Jules," she answered. "I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can't see where we are going!" Much -- R.j. Palacio
I felt very sad and a tiny bit happy at the exact same time, kind -- R.j. Palacio
Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
No, it's okay," I said. "Let's just go -- R.j. Palacio
Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile. -- R.j. Palacio
My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me. -- R.j. Palacio
HENRY JOPLIN'S PRECEPT
Don't be friends with jerks. -- R.j. Palacio
Sometimes it's good to start over -- R.j. Palacio
AMOS CONTI'S PRECEPT
Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool. -- R.j. Palacio
MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:
WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND. -- R.j. Palacio
Mr. Browne's precept for October was: YOUR DEEDS ARE YOUR MONUMENTS. -- R.j. Palacio
when I was about eleven, I went to stay with Grans in Montauk for four weeks while August was having his big jaw surgery. -- R.j. Palacio
Tushman asked me to hang out with him at the beginning of the year, and he must have told all the teachers to put us next to each other in all our classes, or something. The -- R.j. Palacio
Form a mothers' group. A mothers' group is when a bunch of moms -- R.j. Palacio
kneeling down in front of -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Halloween is the best holiday in the world. It even beats Christmas. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Learning who you are is what you're here to do. -- R.j. Palacio
Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life because we all overcometh the world. -- R.j. Palacio
It looked like someone had taken sidewalk chalk and smudged the colors across the sky with their fingers. -- R.j. Palacio
Via had warned me about lunch in middle school, so I guess I should have known it would be hard. -- R.j. Palacio
I couldn't wait to go home. -- R.j. Palacio
I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives. -- R.j. Palacio
A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we've done, and apply what we've learned from those things to the future. -- R.j. Palacio
mixing friends can be a weird thing even under the best circumstances. -- R.j. Palacio
I did notice as I walked that Amos had stayed right next to me. And Jack was close on the other side of me. And Miles was in front of us and Henry was in back of us. They were surrounding me as we walked through the crowds of kids. Like I had my own emperor's guard. -- R.j. Palacio
My name is August, by the way. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. -- R.j. Palacio
My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August -- R.j. Palacio
A hamster is basically just a warm potato with fur. -- R.j. Palacio
Another was: You're a babe. Tickle my feet. XO Beulah -- R.j. Palacio
I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing. -- R.j. Palacio
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 -- R.j. Palacio
with Julian and Henry and Miles. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
You don't need your eyes to love. You just feel it inside you. -- R.j. Palacio
Sometimes when I have the feeling like I'm almost crying, it can turn into an almost-laughing feeling. -- R.j. Palacio
Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed. -- R.j. Palacio
If you have a choice of being right or kind, choose kind. -- R.j. Palacio
sometimes he would wake up choking on his own saliva if he accidentally turned over on his back. -- R.j. Palacio
She had only hesitated for a millionth of a second, but I could tell the moment she saw me. Like I said : I'm used to it by now. -- R.j. Palacio
She said soft words that I know were meant to help me, but words can't change my face -- R.j. Palacio
Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.
-Amos Conti -- R.j. Palacio
One mistake does not define you, Julian. Do you understand me? You must simply act better next time. -- R.j. Palacio
Your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone. -- R.j. Palacio
that I realized that the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street wasn't there anymore. He was gone. -- R.j. Palacio
Always try to be a little kinder than necessary. -- R.j. Palacio
If you don't know what to do, just be kind. -- R.j. Palacio
Or maybe it's just that teachers hear everything. When -- R.j. Palacio
And far away, like in another world, we could hear Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. -- R.j. Palacio
Who we are? Us!Right? What kind of people are we? What kind of person are you? Isn't that the most important thing of all? Isn't that the kind of question we shloud be asking ourselves all the time? 'What kind of person am I? -- R.j. Palacio
Being nice is the first step toward being kind. It's a pretty awesome start. -- R.j. Palacio
Jack, sometimes you don't have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone. You understand? -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
Its not a contest about whose days suck the most. The point is we all have to put up with the bad days. -- R.j. Palacio
You are a wonder. -- R.j. Palacio
When it's dark, be the one who turns on the light.
- Joseph, Age 9, Brooklyn, New York, November 29 -- R.j. Palacio
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.' -- R.j. Palacio
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. -- R.j. Palacio
East Harlem accent: -- R.j. Palacio
On the other hand, I'm really excited. -- R.j. Palacio
Time make everything easier to bear. -- R.j. Palacio
Sometimes you don't have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone. -- R.j. Palacio
Don't judge a boy by its cover! -- R.j. Palacio
Maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. The universe takes care of its birds. -- R.j. Palacio
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer -- R.j. Palacio
I forgot that I might see So many beautiful things I forgot that I might need To find out what life could bring -- R.j. Palacio
Here I was looking for symbolism and metaphors and um ... sometimes a duck is just a duck!
Mr. Tushman -- R.j. Palacio
Daisy was sleeping in heaven right then. And -- R.j. Palacio
Don't be friends with jerks. -- R.j. Palacio
It's not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend. -- R.j. Palacio
Actually, I prefer not to even try to imagine it. I -- R.j. Palacio
Guys, time to go to bed. Well, that's when I kind of -- R.j. Palacio
Everyone born of God overcometh the world. -- R.j. Palacio
We were just not good enough to play by ourselves. -- R.j. Palacio
Chewbacca are being applauded for destroying the Death Star. I could almost -- R.j. Palacio
Wake Me Up when September Ends -- R.j. Palacio
Her smile hugged me -- R.j. Palacio
Swallowing, there were other things that didn't come automatically to him. For instance, he couldn't eat. He couldn't talk. He -- R.j. Palacio
Olivia is a girl who sees everything. -- R.j. Palacio
Hey, I'm an upstander - not a bystander! -- R.j. Palacio
Good friendships are worth a little extra effort! -- R.j. Palacio
Clean up after yourselves. Be kind to nature and it will be kind to you. We -- R.j. Palacio
Middle School is about as bad as it gets, and then it gets better. -- R.j. Palacio
Like breathing and swallowing, crying comes automatically to most kids, too. -- R.j. Palacio
His eyes are about an inch below where they should be on his face, almost to halfway down his cheeks. -- R.j. Palacio
I mean, I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm actually considered something of a medical wonder, you know. -- R.j. Palacio
Its the shingaling, baby! -- R.j. Palacio
Every person's story weaves in and out of someone else's story. -- R.j. Palacio