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…

— R.J. Palacio

“Or maybe it’s just that teachers hear everything.”

— R.J. Palacio

“Never a dull moment,” Dad repeated.”

— R.J. Palacio

“Well, you can't really force him to eat the veggies, guys, but your job is to make sure they're on his plate.…

— R.J. Palacio

“What I want you, my students, to take away from your middle-school experience,” he continued, “is the sure knowledge that, in the…

— 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…

— 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…

— R.J. Palacio

“Mommy’s okay, Auggie. She’s fine.” Mom and Dad came home two hours later. We knew the second they opened the door and…

— R.J. Palacio

“Via. I can’t say I always wanted to go to school because that wouldn’t be exactly true. What I wanted was to…

— R.J. Palacio

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. —Ian Maclaren”

— R.J. Palacio

“encanta. Me encanta tu cara,”

— R.J. Palacio

“It's so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not.”

— R.J. Palacio

“If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that…

— R.J. Palacio

“And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in…

— R.J. Palacio

“That’s not to say there haven’t been some changes that have happened. As”

— R.J. Palacio

“Sometimes kids don't even know they're leaders until they start to lead" -Mr. Browne”

— 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…

— R.J. Palacio

“And if she was sleeping, was she dreaming about me? And I wondered how it would feel to be in heaven someday…

— R.J. Palacio

“...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.”

— R.J. Palacio

“Okay, that’s fair,” I said. “But it’s not a contest about whose days suck the most, Auggie. The point is we all…

— 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

“I love that feeling when you first open your eyes in the morning and you don’t even know why everything seems different…

— R.J. Palacio

“so doesn't that make the universe a giant lottery, then? you purchase a ticket when you're born. and it's all just random…

— R.J. Palacio

“Greatness... lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength... He is the greatest whose strength carries up the…

— R.J. Palacio

“Hey, the truth is, if a Wookiee started going to the school all of a sudden, I'd be curious, I'd probably stare…

— R.J. Palacio