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‘Wonder’ Quotes“Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth. Any words you used would come out wrong.”“I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.”“Mr. Browne's September Precept: When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer”“Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.”“Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone.”“AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPTEveryone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life because we all overcometh the world. - Auggie”“Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.”“I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.”“no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds.”“To me, though, I'm just me. An ordinary kid.”“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.”“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”“The first day of school I was so nervous that the butterflies in my stomach were more like pigeons flying around my insides” ................
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