Best 52 quotes of R. J. Palacio on MyQuotes

A big sister who cries over being human over you. A gravelly voiced kid who's friends left him over you. And a pink-haired girl who keeps your picture in her wallet.

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.

I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.

If every 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. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.

I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

It's like people you see sometimes, and you can't imagine what it would be like to be that person, whether it's somebody in a wheelchair or somebody who can't talk. Only, I know that I'm that person to other people, maybe to every single person in that whole auditorium. To me, though, I'm just me. An ordinary kid.

It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.

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. Like on my calendar at home, I would mark this as being one of the most horrific days of my life. This and the day Daisy died. But for the rest of the world, this was just an ordinary day. Or may be it was even a good day. May be somebody won the lottery today.

I wish everyday 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.

Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

Middle School is about as bad as it gets, and then it gets better.

One mistake does not define you.

Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in.

Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth. Any words you used would come out wrong.

Sometimes you don't have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone.

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.

There are always going to be jerks in the world . . . [but] there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.

There's a word like overprotective to describe some parents, but no word that means the opposite. What word do you use to describe parents who don't protect enough? Underprotective? Neglectful? Self-involved? Lame? All of the above.

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

Who we are? Us!Right? 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 shloud be asking ourselves all the time? 'What kind of person am I?

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.

At first I thought he was laughing because his shoulders were shaking, but then he put his palms on his eyes and I realized he was crying. It was the quietest crying I've ever heard. Like a whisper. I was going to go over to him, but then I thought maybe he was whisper-crying because he didn't want me or anyone else to hear him.

Come un agnello al macello: Si dice di qualcuno che va in un posto con la tranquilità di chi non sa che in quel posto gli accadrà qualcosa di molto spiacevole.

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?

Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world. Todo el mundo merece una ovación de pie porque todos hemos vencido al mundo.

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

I love it when I'm the one who makes Dad laugh, since he's usually the funnyman that gets everybody else laughing

In the future you make for yourselves, anything is possible. 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 necessary - the world really would be a better place. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.

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.

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?

It is up to you to find the beauty in the ugliest days

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?

It's so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not.

Maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. The universe takes care of its birds.

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.

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.

Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.

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.

Quello che è forte, dei bambini piccoli, è che non dicono le cose con l’intenzione di ferire, anche se poi lo fanno. È che non sanno veramente quello che dicono. I ragazzi grandi no: loro lo sanno, quello che dicono.

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.

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.

Sometimes when I have the feeling like I’m almost crying, it can turn into an almost-laughing feeling.

Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.

surprise is one of those emotions that can be hard to fake, though, whether you're trying to look surprised when you're not or trying to not look surprised when you are.

The most important precept is to be aware of WHO WE ARE! “Who we are,” he said, underlining each word as he said it. “Who we are! Us! Right? 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? Learning who you are is what your are here to do.

The only thing that I know that truly heals people is unconditional love.

TUS ACTOS SON TUS MONUMENTOS. Este precepto significa que se nos debería recordar por las cosas que hacemos. Las cosas que hacemos son las cosas más importantes de todas. Son más importantes que lo que decimos o que nuestro aspecto. Las cosas que hacemos duran más que nuestras vidas. Las cosas que hacemos son como los monumentos que la gente construye para honrar a los héroes cuando ya han muerto. Son como las pirámides que construyeron los egipcios para honrar a los faraones. Pero en lugar de estar hechas de piedra, las cosass que hacemos están hechas de los recuerdos que la gente tiene de ti. Por eso tus actos son como tus monumentos. Están construidos con recuerdos y no con piedra.

... we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness. (Mr. Tushman)