Shingaling Quotes

“Every person’s story weaves in and out of someone else’s story.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“One of the things I miss the most about being a little kid is that when you’re little, all the movies you watch have happy endings. Dorothy goes back to Kansas. Charlie gets the chocolate factory. Edmund redeems himself. I like that. I like happy endings. But, as you get older, you start seeing that sometimes stories don’t have happy endings. Sometimes they even have sad endings. Of course, that makes for more interesting storytelling, because you don’t know what’s going to happen. But it’s also kind of scary.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“But the truth is, I knew things wouldn’t change much. I knew it would be the way it had been after the sleepover. Like we had taken a secret trip together. A voyage that no one else knew about. And when we returned from our journey, we each went back to our own homes. Some friendships are like that. Maybe even the best friendships are like that. The connections are always there. They’re just invisible to the eye.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“And I remember thinking my dad’s death was like that. It’s like the extinction of the dinosaurs. A meteor hits your heart and changes everything forever. But you’re still here. You go on.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“Maybe he knew it and maybe he didn’t, but for someone like me, words like that are worth all the medals in the world.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“You have to be willing to work harder than everyone else to achieve your goals and dreams! The way I see it, a dream is like a drawing in your head that comes to life. You have to imagine it first. Then you have to work extremely hard to make it come true.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“Being nice is the first step toward being kind. It’s a pretty awesome start.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“But every Spring It groweth young again, And fairies sing. —Flower Fairies of the Spring, 1923”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“I mean, we’ve got so many other things going on this month! That science fair project?” “I haven’t even started mine,” said Summer. “Me, neither!” I said, though that actually wasn’t true at all. Remo”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“I’ve never touched Auggie Pullman, it’s only because I’ve never had a reason to—that’s all!) Nobody”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“My parental unit who is at this moment violating my personal space and reading my text over my shoulder wants me to finish homework so I GTG. CU2moro! Gnight. Summer”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling: A Wonder Story

“You draw Venn diagrams to see the relationships between different groups of things. Like, if you want to see the common characteristics between mammals, reptiles, and fish, for instance, you draw a Venn diagram and list all the attributes of each one inside a circle. Where the circles intersect is what they have in common. In the case of mammals, reptiles, and fish, it would be that they all have backbones.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling: A Wonder Story

“In fact, no one seemed to care about what happened to him in the least,”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling: A Wonder Story

“that I realized that the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street wasn’t there anymore. He was gone.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling: A Wonder Story

“Its the shingaling, baby!”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“Eu acredito que um sonho é como um desenho em sua mente que vai ganhando vida.”
― R.J Palacio, Shingaling

“as we get older and wiser, that we all learn to trust each other enough so that we can truly be ourselves, and accept each other for who we really are.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“the truth is, I knew things wouldn’t change much. I knew it would be the way it had been after the sleepover. Like we had taken a secret trip together. A voyage that no one else knew about. And when we returned from our journey, we each went back to our own homes. Some friendships are like that. Maybe even the best friendships are like that. The connections are always there. They’re just invisible to the eye.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“But realizing that Ximena Chin, under her layers and layers and layers of snarkiness and mischief, could actually be kind of sweet. When she wasn’t being kind of mean.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“My hope is, as we start sixth grade, as we get older and wiser, that we all learn to trust each other enough so that we can truly be ourselves, and accept each other for who we really are. Thank you. How I Finally Introduced Myself I”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling

“When I look at Auggie and all the challenges he has to face on a daily basis,” he said, patting his heart. “I’m in awe of how he manages to simply show up every day. With a smile on his face. And I want him to have validation that this year was a triumph for him. That he’s made an impact. I mean, the way the kids rallied around him after the horrible incident at the nature reserve? It was because of him. He inspired that kindness in them.”
― R.J. Palacio, Shingaling