Top 200 R. J. Palacio Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom.”

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

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

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

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205. “The chocolate milk in the glass now had a two-inch froth on top.”

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206. “On the other hand, I’m really excited.”

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207. “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.”

— R. J. Palacio

208. “Built with memories instead of with stone.”

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209. “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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210. “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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211. “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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212. “Olivia is a girl who sees everything.”

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213. “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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214. “I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here.”

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215. “Dad always managed to make everyone laugh. And sometimes that’s all you need to feel better.”

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216. “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.”

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217. “I always found that it helps to get my students thinking about unexplored frontiers – be they frontiers of the imagination or geographical frontiers” -Mr. Browne.”

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218. “I plant a little notion of kindness so that at least it’s there, this seedling buried inside them. Will it take root? Will it flower? Who knows? But either way, I’ve done my deed.” -Mr. Browne.”

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219. “In situations like these, baseball caps come in really handy.”

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220. “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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221. “What about: How to make crystal spikes out of Epsom salt?”

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222. “Sometimes when I looked at Grans, I could see the pretty girl she used to be underneath the wrinkles. I could see the girl from Ipanema inside the old-lady walk.”

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223. “If we don’t examinate the past, we don’t learn from it.”

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224. “Then I start talking about the obvious benefits of the precept. If everyone adopted that quote as his or her own personal precept, I ask them, wouldn’t the world be a better place? Imagine if nations adopted it as a mandate – wouldn’t there be fewer conflicts?” -Mr. Browne.”

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225. “I thought you had the best grades, Charlotte,” Lina said to me. “No, Ximena does,” Maya interjected. She started counting off on her fingers. “Ximena. Charlotte. Simon. Me. And then either Auggie or Remo. Auggie’s actually got better grades than Remo in math, but he didn’t do that well in Spanish on his last few quizzes, and that’s bringing his whole grade point average down.”

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226. “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.”

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227. “Except Savanna’s group, because they’re going out with Julian’s group.”

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228. “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.”

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229. “But for the rest of the world, this was just an ordinary day. Or maybe it was even a good day.”

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230. “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.”

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231. “We were just not good enough to play by ourselves.”

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232. “I remember seeing tears in Isabel’s eyes as she carried Auggie home.”

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233. “I guess I thought he would have a huge butt, but he didn’t.”

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234. “You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can’t bring you down You are beautiful in every single way.”

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235. “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.”

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236. “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.”

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237. “For a second, I imagined how cool it would be to be Via and Justin right then, having all these people standing up and cheering for them. I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”

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238. “Yeah, they did. Didn’t you notice they changed the theme of the New Year Art Show? In past years fifth graders painted self-portraits, but this year they made us do those ridiculous self-portraits as animals, remember?” “So big freakin’ deal.” “I know! I’m not saying I agree, I’m just saying that’s what she’s saying.” “I know, I know. This is just so messed up.”

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239. “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.”

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