“Shall we make a new rule of life... always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward,… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“we make a new rule of life … always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“I forgot that I might see So many beautiful things I forgot that I might need To find out what life could… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“There’s no rule book that tells you how to act in every given situation in life, you know? So what I always… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better. I never made a mistake like the… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“It’s so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that’s the worst in your life, but to everybody… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“I think there should be a rule that everyone should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives because they overcometh the… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“And being at school was awful in the beginning. Every new class I had was like a new chance for kids to “not stare”… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“That’s when I saw Daisy sitting near my bed. I mean, I knew it wasn’t Daisy, but for a second I saw a shadow… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“The first look I got of August, well, it made me want to cover my eyes and run away screaming.” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“Or, what does a poor man have, a rich man need, and you would die if you ate it?” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when I have the feeling like I’m almost crying, it can turn into an almost-laughing feeling.” — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
