Top 200 R. J. Palacio Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “It is always brave to be kind.”

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152. “It is always brave to be kind, but in those days, such kindnesses could cost you your life.”

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153. “Its the shingaling, baby!”

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

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155. “But the truth is, I knew things wouldn’t change much. I knew it would be the way it had been after the sleepover. Like we had taken a secret trip together. A voyage that no one else knew about. And when we returned from our journey, we each went back to our own homes. Some friendships are like that. Maybe even the best friendships are like that. The connections are always there. They’re just invisible to the eye.”

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156. “You see, it is not just that he saved my life. He saved my very being. My hope. My... light.” -Grandmere.”

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157. “Yo, Darth Hideous. You’re so ugly you should wear a mask every day! And: I h8 u, Freak! And the last one: I bet your mother wishes you’d never been born. You should do everybody a favor – and die. Of.”

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158. “The Empire Strikes Back? The bald guy with the cool bionic radio-transmitter thing that wraps around the back of his skull?”

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159. “If every single person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary – the world really would be a better place.”

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160. “Naciste original, no te conviertas en una copia.”

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161. “Algunas veces es bueno volver a empezar.”

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162. “Via. I can’t say I always wanted to go to school because that wouldn’t be exactly true. What I wanted was to go to school, but only if I could be like every other kid going to school. Have lots of friends and hang out after school and stuff like that. I have a few really good friends now. Christopher is my best.”

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163. “When I look at Auggie and all the challenges he has to face on a daily basis,” he said, patting his heart. “I’m in awe of how he manages to simply show up every day. With a smile on his face. And I want him to have validation that this year was a triumph for him. That he’s made an impact. I mean, the way the kids rallied around him after the horrible incident at the nature reserve? It was because of him. He inspired that kindness in them.”

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164. “He’s just a kid. The weirdest-looking kid I’ve ever seen, yes. But just a kid.”

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165. “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.”

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166. “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.”

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167. “But every Spring It groweth young again, And fairies sing. – Flower Fairies of the Spring, 1923.”

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168. “Not just the front rows, but the whole audience suddenly got up on their feet, whooping, hollering, clapping like crazy. It was a standing ovation. For me.”

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169. “Fala agora, ou cala-te para sempre.”

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170. “And being at school was awful in the beginning. Every new class I had was like a new chance for kids to “not stare” at me. 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.”

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171. “My mother is the kind of person who has a happy face for the rest of the world but not a lot left over for me.”

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172. “Then they came out of the narrow valley and at once she saw the reason. There stood Peter and Edmund and all the rest of Aslan’s army fighting desperately against the crowd of horrible creatures whom she had seen last night; only now, in the daylight, they looked even stranger and more evil and more deformed.”

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173. “His eyes are about an inch below where they should be on his face, almost to halfway down his cheeks.”

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174. “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 should be asking ourselves all the time? “What kind of person am I?”

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175. “If you have a choice of being right or kind, choose kind.”

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176. “Auggie, Mom’s taken her to the vet like three times in the last two months. She’s been throwing up left and right. Haven’t you noticed?” “But I didn’t know she was sick!” Via didn’t say anything, but she put her arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer to her. I started to cry again.”

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177. “It’s kind of funny how parents actually end up forming the same little groups their kids form.”

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178. “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.”

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179. “One thing I’ve learned after being a middle-school director for twenty years: there are almost always more than two sides to every story. Although I don’t know the details, I have an inkling about what may have sparked the confrontation with Julian. While nothing justifies striking another student – ever – I also know good friends are sometimes worth defending.”

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180. “I couldn’t wait to go home.”

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181. “They were a gloomy party that night, and the gloom gathered still deeper on them in the following days. They had crossed the enchanted stream; but beyond it the path seemed to straggle on just as before, and in the forest they could see no change.”

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182. “And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom.”

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183. “Your best takes your time” -Thomas.”

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184. “Jill wants to buy honey at an outdoor market. One vendor is selling a twenty-six-ounce jar for $3.12. Another vendor is selling a sixteen-ounce jar for $2.40. Which is the better deal, and how much money per ounce will Jill save by choosing it?”

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185. “Mom blew a kiss to us and closed the door. We watched the car leave and then Via closed the door. She looked at me a second, and then she hugged me very, very tight while we both cried a million tears.”

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186. “As I wrote down Mr. Browne’s September precept, I suddenly realized that I was going to like school. No matter what.”

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187. “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 that looked just like her. I didn’t think it was a dream then, but now, looking back, I know it must have been. It didn’t make me sad to see her at all: it just filled me up with nice feelings inside. She was gone after a second, and I couldn’t see her again in the darkness. The.”

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188. “I mean, we’ve got so many other things going on this month! That science fair project?” “I haven’t even started mine,” said Summer. “Me, neither!” I said, though that actually wasn’t true at all. Remo.”

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189. “Olivia is a girl who sees everything.”

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190. “She picked up a different photo from the nightstand and handed it to me to look at. At first, I thought it was just another copy of the class picture, because it was exactly the same size as the class picture Dad had in his hands, and everything in it was exactly the same. I started to look away in disgust, but Mom pointed to a place on the photo – the place where Auggie used to be! He was nowhere in the photo.”

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191. “For a while, the “war” was all we talked about. February was when it was really at its worst. That’s when practically nobody was talking to us, and Julian had started leaving notes in our lockers. The notes to Jack were stupid, like: You stink, big cheese! and Nobody likes you anymore! I got notes like: Freak! And another that said: Get out of our school, orc!”

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192. “Via had warned me about lunch in middle school, so I guess I should have known it would be hard.”

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193. “And I’m never going to be one of those grown-ups that use an umbrella when it’s snowing-ever.”

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194. “Mrs. G, who was crying hysterically – a happy crying – smiling and clapping the whole time.”

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195. “The point is we all have to put up with the bad days. Now, unless you want to be treated like a baby the rest of your life, or like a kid with special needs, you just have to suck it up and go.”

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196. “It’s so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not. Where did she go? Will I really ever see her again, or is that a fairy tale?”

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197. “It wasn’t until she stopped that I noticed the big white cardboard box they had brought in with them. “What is that?” I said. “Open it,” said Dad, smiling, and he and Mom looked at each other like they knew a secret. “Come on, Auggie!” said Via. 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.”

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198. “The auditorium was huge inside. Big sparkly chandeliers. Red velvet walls. Rows and rows and rows of cushioned seats leading up to the giant stage.”

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199. “It was black and furry, with a pointy little snout and bright black eyes and small ears that flopped down.”

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200. “Jeg tror, at den eneste i hele verden, der er klar over, hvor normal jeg er, er mig selv.”

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