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
R. J. Palacio
The things we do
The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they’ve died. They’re like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they’re made out of the memories people have of you.
R. J. Palacio
I eat like a
I eat like a tortoise eats, if you’ve ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.
R. J. Palacio
Or whatever politically correct
Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in.
R. J. Palacio
Just follow the day
Just follow the day and reach for the sun!
R. J. Palacio
Don’t be friends with
Don’t be friends with jerks.
R. J. Palacio
A big sister who
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.
R. J. Palacio
That’s how it is
That’s how it is in heaven. It’s just love, and no one forgets who they love.
R. J. Palacio
There’s a word like
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.
R. J. Palacio
It’s like people you
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.
R. J. Palacio