Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of with stone.

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.

You want to be treated normally, right? This is normal! We all have to go to school sometimes despite the fact that we have bad days, okay?”

I’m actually considered something of a medical wonder, you know.”

Jack, sometimes you don’t have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone.

It’s like how compass needles always point north, no matter which way you’re facing. All those eyes are compasses, and I’m like the North Pole to them.

Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.

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

The shadows were really long on the grass, and the clouds were pink and orange. It looked like someone had taken sidewalk chalk and smudged the colors across the sky with their fingers.

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.

‘Shall we make a new rule of life … always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?’ ”