Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

I mean, I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’m actually considered something of a medical wonder, you know.”

Also, waking up to a snow day is just about my favorite thing in the world. I love that feeling when you first open your eyes in the morning and you don’t even know why everything seems different than usual. Then it hits you: Everything is quiet. No cars honking. No buses going down the street. Then you run over to the window, and outside everything is covered in white: the sidewalks, the trees, the cars on the street, your windowpanes. And when that happens on a school day and you find out your school is closed, well, I don’t care how old I get: I’m always going to think that that’s the best feeling in the world. And I’m never going to be one of those grown-ups that use an umbrella when it’s snowing—ever.

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.