60 Quotes by R.J. Palacio

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 the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.

It's so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that's the worst in your life, but to everybody else it's just an ordinary night.

Mr. Browne's preceptsMarchKind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. -Blaise Pascel(pg. 311)

You see, Julian, it always takes courage to be kind. But in those days, when such kindness could cost you everything - your freedom, your life - Kindness becomes a miracle. It becomes that light in the darkness that Papa talked about, the very essence of our humanity. It is hope.

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. (Mr. Browne)

You don't need your eyes to love, Right?

Más amables de lo necesario. Porque no basta con ser amables. Uno debería ser más amable de lo necesario.

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 be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.

I've been in enough playgrounds to know kids can be mean. I know, I know, I know