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“We’re leaving together But still it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back To Earth, who can tell I guess there is no one to blame We’re leaving ground Will things ever be the same again? It’s the final countdown. . . .”
― R.J. Palacio, Pluto: A Wonder Story

“AUGUST IS THE Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“But you must recollect that every time you forget, and are impatient or selfish, you chill them and drive them farther away. They are loving little things, and are so sorry for you now, that nothing you do makes them angry. But by and by they will get used to having you sick, and if you haven't won them as friends, they will grow away from you as they get older.”
― Susan Coolidge, What Katy Did

“I want to stay a while, wrapped in silence, the way the trees and rocks and the ground beneath my feet are wrapped in moss and ivy and soft, green lichen.”
― Cathy Cassidy, Scarlett