Wonder Quotes

“And that’s when I punched him. Right in the mouth.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“tiempo que los otros padres. Y casi sin darme cuenta, allí estaban los dos Max, y Henry y Miles, y Savanna. Luego llegaron Amos y Ximena. Allí estábamos todos apiñados mientras los padres nos hacían fotos como si estuviésemos en la alfombra roja. Luca. Isaiah. Nino. Pablo. Tristan. Ellie. Perdí la cuenta de todos”
― R.J. Palacio, La lección de August: Wonder

“Mr. Browne’s precept for October was: YOUR DEEDS ARE YOUR MONUMENTS.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“You ever wonder what happens to people when they die?” I asked. He shrugged. “Not really. I mean, I guess they go to heaven? That’s where my Grans went.” “I think about it a lot,” I said. “I think when people die, their souls go to heaven but just for a little while. Like that’s where they see their old friends and stuff, and kind of catch up on old times. But then I actually think the souls start thinking about their lives on earth, like if they were good or bad or whatever. And then they get born again as brand-new babies in the world.” “Why would they want to do that?” “Because then they get another chance to get it right,” I answered. “Their souls get a chance to have a do-over.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“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.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Den eneste grund til, at jeg ikke er helt normal, er at folk ikke ser mig sådan.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Jeg tror, at den eneste i hele verden, der er klar over, hvor normal jeg er, er mig selv.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Nu hvor jeg ser tilbage på det, ved jeg ikke, hvorfor det havde stresset mig så meget hele tiden.
Spøjst, hvordan ting, man bekymrer sig vildt meget over, viser sig at være ingenting.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“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.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“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, Wonder

“But hey, if they want to give me a medal for being me, that's okay. I'll take it.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Olivia is a girl who sees everything.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Via had warned me about lunch in middle school, so I guess I should have known it would be hard.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“If you have a choice of being right or kind, choose kind.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“oh wow, there’s another fly on the wall! Look, there’s a new dog sleeping on the sidewalk. Yippee.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“then Mom got very upset and tried to get out of bed to see where they were going, but the farting nurse put her very big arms on Mom to keep her down in the bed. They were practically fighting, because Mom was hysterical and the farting nurse was yelling at her to stay calm, and then they both started screaming for the doctor. But guess what? He had fainted! Right on the floor! So when the farting nurse saw that he had fainted, she started pushing him with her foot to get him to wake up, yelling at”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“How funny you are, and how kind and smart. When I told him you read Dragon Rider when you were six, he was like, ‘Wow, I have to meet this kid.’ ” “Did you tell him anything else?” I said. Mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Next week I start fifth grade. Since I’ve never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified. People think I haven’t gone to school because of the way I look, but it’s not that. It’s because of all the surgeries I’ve had. Twenty-seven since I was born. The bigger ones happened before I was even four years old, so I don’t remember those. But I’ve had two or three surgeries every year since then (some big, some small), and because I’m little for my age, and I have some other medical mysteries that doctors never really figured out, I used to get sick a lot. That’s why my parents decided it was better if I didn’t go to school. I’m much stronger now, though. The last surgery I had was eight months ago, and I probably won’t have to have any more for another couple of years.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“On the other hand, I’m really excited.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“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.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Todo aquele que é nascido de Deus vence o mundo.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“As nossas ações são os nossos monumentos.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Tu és linda, não importa o que digam
As palavras não podem vencer-te
Tu és linda em todos os sentidos
Sim, as palavras não podem vencer-te”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“És o meu segredo. É muito simples. Só se vê claramente com o coração. O essencial é invisível aos olhos.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Mas que obra prima é o homem! quão nobre a sua razão!quão infinitas as suas faculdades! quão imponente e admirável é na forma e nos movimentos! quão semelhante a um anjo nas ações! quão semelhante a um deus no entendimento! a beleza do mundo!...”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Parece que é verdade que as pessoas semelhantes se atraem.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Fala agora, ou cala-te para sempre”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Esqueci-me que podia ver
Muitas coisas bonitas
Esqueci-me que poderia precisar
De descobrir o que a vida poderia trazer”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder