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R.J. Palacio Quotes | Quotes said by R.J. Palacio

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #1

    -Do people look the same when they get to heaven?
    -I don't know. I don't think so.
    -Then how do people recognize each other?
    -I don't know, sweetie.She sounded tired.They just feel it.You don't need your eyes to love,right? You just feel it inside you. That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.


  • R.J. Palacio Quote #2

    ...we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we look like. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honour heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honour the Pharaohs. Only instead of being made out of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you. That's why your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of with stone.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #3

    A veces no hace falta que uno quiera hacerle daño a alguien para dañarlo.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #4

    Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #5

    And I wondered how it would feel to be in Heaven and not have my face matter anymore. Just like how it never, ever mattered to Daisy.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #6

    But the best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you have touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #7

    But the good thing about life is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #8

    Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #9

    Do people look the same when they get to heaven?
    I don't know. I don't think so.
    Then how do people recognize each other?
    I don't know, sweetie.She sounded tired.They just feel it.You don't need your eyes to love,right? You just feel it inside you. That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #10

    Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?
    I don't know. I don't think so.
    Then how do people recognize each other?
    I don't know, sweetie. They just feel it. You don't need your eyes to love, right?

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #11

    For me, Halloween is the best holiday in the world. It even beats Christmas. I get to dress up in a costume. I get to wear a mask. I get to go around like every other kid with a mask and nobody thinks I look weird. Nobody takes a second look. Nobody notices me. Nobody knows me.

    I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #12

    He meticulously tries to get every hair in place. He tilts his head to look at himself from different angles, like there's some magic perspective in the mirror that could change the dimensions of his face'
    -Olivia/Via thinking

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #13

    I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #14

    I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #15

    I think we're too young to be dating. I mean I don't see what the rush is. Summer says.
    Yeah, I agree, said August. Which is kind of a shame, you know what with all those babes who keep throwing themselves at me and stuff?

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #16

    I thought it would teach them a thing or two about empathy, and friendship, and loyalty. As it turns out, Jack Will didn't need to learn any of these virtues- he already had them in abundance.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #17

    I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #18

    If you don't know what to do, just be kind. You can't go wrong.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #19

    It's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed. Why I love that line, that concept, is that it reminds me that we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

    And what does that mean? How is that measured? You can't use a yardstick. It's like I was saying just before: it's not like measuring how much you've grown in a year. It's not exactly quantifiable, is it?

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #20

    It's so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that's the worst in your life, but to everybody else it's just an ordinary night.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #21

    MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

    WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
    RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #22

    My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #23

    No todo depende del azar, si todo dependiera del azar, el universo nos abandonaría por completo y el universo no nos abandona, cuida de sus creaciones mas frágiles de un modo invisible. Quizá sea una lotería, pero el universo acaba compensándolo, el universo cuida de todos sus pájaros.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #24

    no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #25

    No, no, it's not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and the universe doesn't. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #26

    olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she's mad. and when she's fragile like this, she's a little lost bird looking for its nest.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #27

    One of the reasons I grew my hair long last year was that I like how my bangs cover my eyes: it helps me block out the things I don't want to see.
    -August thinking

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #28

    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 whether you get a good ticket or a bad ticket. It's all just luck.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #29

    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.

  • R.J. Palacio Quote #30

    Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams

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