R.J. Palacio

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

“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...”

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

“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...”

“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.”

“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...”

“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...”

“You don’t need your eyes to love, right? You just feel it inside you. (Isabel Pullman)”