--- title: "Best R.J. Palacio Quotations" description: "Raquel Jaramillo Palacio, born 1963, is an American author and graphic designer who writes children's books, best known for Wonder, a novel turned into ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b190/author-r-j-palacio-2789.jpg" --- ![Portrait of R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b190/author-r-j-palacio-2789.jpg) # R.J. Palacio (1963) Writer **135** quotes in **137** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet R.J. Palacio is a writer. ## Quick Facts About R.J. Palacio Born July 13, 1963 Profession Writer ## About R.J. Palacio Raquel Jaramillo Palacio, often publishing as R.J. Palacio, was born in 1963 and works as an American author and graphic designer. She has written several children's novels, most famously Wonder, which became a best‑selling book and was turned into a 2017 movie starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. ## Quotes by R.J. Palacio · Page 4 > [“Shall we make a new rule of life... always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/shall-we-make-a-new-rule-of-life-always-to-try-to-be-a-little-kinder/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Kindness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kindness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/r-j-palacio-2789_kindness_shall-we-make-a-new-rule-of-life-always_389399.png) > [“Here I was looking for symbolism and metaphors and um . . . sometimes a duck is just a duck!"--Mr. Tushman”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/here-i-was-looking-for-symbolism-and-metaphors-and-um-sometimes-a/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Metaphor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/r-j-palacio-2789_metaphor_here-i-was-looking-for-symbolism-and-met_374832.png) > [“And I'm never going to be one of those grown-ups that use an umbrella when it's snowing-ever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/and-i-m-never-going-to-be-one-of-those-grown-ups-that-use-an-umbrella/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Snowing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/snowing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/r-j-palacio-2789_snowing_and-i-m-never-going-to-be-one-of-those-g_999117.png) > [“My name is August, by the way. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/my-name-is-august-by-the-way-i-won-t-describe-what-i-look-like/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/august/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/r-j-palacio-2789_august_my-name-is-august-by-the-way-i-won-t-des_323586.png) > [“Mom blew a kiss to us and closed the door. We watched the car leave and then Via closed the door. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/mom-blew-a-kiss-to-us-and-closed-the-door-we-watched-the-car-leave/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Cried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/r-j-palacio-2789_cried_mom-blew-a-kiss-to-us-and-closed-the-doo_2220119.png) > [“olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she's mad. and when she's fragile like this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/olivia-reminds-me-of-a-bird-sometimes-how-her-feathers-get-all/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/r-j-palacio-2789_bird_olivia-reminds-me-of-a-bird-sometimes-ho_2072021.png) > [“The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/the-things-we-do-are-the-most-important-things-of-all-they-are-more/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/r-j-palacio-2789_death_the-things-we-do-are-the-most-important_1351479.png) > [“No, sweeties, don't let them do that to you. You were there for more than forty-eight hours, and that awful part lasted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/no-sweeties-don-t-let-them-do-that-to-you-you-were-there-for-more/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Hour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/r-j-palacio-2789_hour_no-sweeties-don-t-let-them-do-that-to-yo_2827840.png) > [“But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/but-i-really-believe-and-daddy-really-believes-that-there-are-more/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Bad people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/r-j-palacio-2789_bad-people_but-i-really-believe-and-daddy-really-be_780528.png) > [“wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary—the world really would be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/wherever-you-are-whenever-you-can-you-will-try-to-act-a-little-kinder/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Better place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-place/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/r-j-palacio-2789_better-place_wherever-you-are-whenever-you-can-you-wi_2400040.png) > [“the universe was not kind to auggie pullman. what did the little kid ever do to deserve his sentence? what did the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/the-universe-was-not-kind-to-auggie-pullman-what-did-the-little-kid/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Lottery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lottery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/r-j-palacio-2789_lottery_the-universe-was-not-kind-to-auggie-pull_1070371.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/so-doesn-t-that-make-the-universe-a-giant-lottery-then-you-purchase-a/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Big sister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-sister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/r-j-palacio-2789_big-sister_so-doesn-t-that-make-the-universe-a-gian_1840765.png) > [“But asking myself the questions did make me ask myself another question, which is, what is 'normal' anyway? So i looked it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/but-asking-myself-the-questions-did-make-me-ask-myself-another/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Normal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/normal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/r-j-palacio-2789_normal_but-asking-myself-the-questions-did-make_2029109.png) > [“He is the greatest,’ ” he finally continued, “ ‘whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.’ Without further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/he-is-the-greatest-he-finally-continued-whose-strength-carries-up-the/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Quiet strength](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quiet-strength/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/r-j-palacio-2789_quiet-strength_he-is-the-greatest-he-finally-continued_2365706.png) > [“It’s so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that’s the worst in your life, but to everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-palacio/it-s-so-weird-how-that-can-be-how-you-could-have-a-night-that-s-the/) [R.J. Palacio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/) [Good day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/r-j-palacio-2789_good-day_it-s-so-weird-how-that-can-be-how-you-co_2473769.png) ## R.J. Palacio by topic [Time (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/r-j-palacio/) [Wonder (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wonder/r-j-palacio/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-palacio/#itemlist", "name": "R.J. Palacio Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Shall we make a new rule of life... always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "R.J. 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