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Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone.
R.J. PALACIO

AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the wor...
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It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.
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Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams
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Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than neede...
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MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING K...
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Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
...
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Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, an...
R.J. PALACIO

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.
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The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to hon...
R.J. PALACIO

I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around...
R.J. PALACIO

no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. ...
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If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to...
R.J. PALACIO

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.
R.J. PALACIO

...we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of a...
R.J. PALACIO

I think we're too young to be dating. I mean I don't see what the rush is." Summer says.
"Yeah...
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Sometimes it's good to start over
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But the best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now ...
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It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched ...
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Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sent...
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AMOS CONTI'S PRECEPT
Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.
R.J. PALACIO

That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.
R.J. PALACIO

the universe takes care of all its birds.
R.J. PALACIO

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness...
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It's like people you see sometimes, and you can't imagine what it would be like to be that person, w...
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...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.
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Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
R.J. PALACIO

Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.
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I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand...
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When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer
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The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run ...
R.J. PALACIO

Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes...
R.J. PALACIO

No, no, it's not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and ...
R.J. PALACIO

One mistake does not define you.
R.J. PALACIO

Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed....
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its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber
R.J. PALACIO Where’s our teacher?”
“Probably getting it on with the English teacher.”
- Alex ...
R.J. MORSE, R.J. BROOKES We don't have ETA claiming these attacks but (they) bear its signatures... ETA is aiming at disrupti...
ANA PALACIO about messages she might deliver.
ANA PALACIO This doesn't concern Spain.
ANA PALACIO We knew they are preparing a very big terror attack.
ANA PALACIO We'll wait for Britain to put their new proposals on the table before answering. But I think it's a ...
ANA PALACIO The people of Ecuador, particularly the people of Quito, today have ended the dictatorship, the immo...
ALFREDO PALACIO a minimal, not a maximal agenda, a starting point, not the end. This basic commitment must be assume...
ALFREDO PALACIO The people of Ecuador today have decided to save the republic, a republic of hope, in whose streets ...
ALFREDO PALACIO Our second millennium faces the reality of growing poverty in two-thirds of the planet, ... Water is...
ALFREDO PALACIO Our second millennium faces the reality of growing poverty in two-thirds of the planet, ... Entire n...
ALFREDO PALACIO [The country's military commanders then announced that they would recognize the rule of Vice Preside...
ALFREDO PALACIO She has yet to truly reach close to her potential. I don't even know if she realizes how good she ca...
CARLOS PALACIO Offensive rebounds killed us. [Northwest Christian] has been in this game before. As the game progre...
CARLOS PALACIO We knew she was the player we had to stop. She's a great player. She did a great job.
CARLOS PALACIO She's phenomenal. She's one of the best players in the county. When she's on and things are going we...
CARLOS PALACIO We knew coming in she was obviously the player they had that we had to stop. You obviously don't exp...
CARLOS PALACIO We started a tradition now. We're ready to start winning. I'm proud of the girls. They did a great j...
CARLOS PALACIO No explanation. It's very disappointing when you come out so flat, when you're playing for something...
MILT PALACIO Coming in I think he had a little chip on his shoulder. They were giving him a little heat in Utah, ...
MILT PALACIO The whole building knew he was going.
MILT PALACIO

Youth and patience are foreign to one another.
R.J. LAWRENCE

It's easier to be wise for others than for yourself.
R.J. LAWRENCE

We find greatest joy, not in getting, but in expressing what we are. Men do not really live for hono...
R.J. BAUGHAN

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...
R.J. BAUGHAN I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but I’d had enough of trying to ignore ...
R.J. ANDERSON

Within her simple, terrified mind, swift calculations of distance and speed were at work, and her fa...
R.J. LAWRENCE

She looked down at the gun, harmless in its quiet. Asleep.
R.J. LAWRENCE You don't need meat at every meal," Riley offered, forking another bite of salad into his mouth and ...
R.J. SCOTT If there’s one thing you learn from me, after hearing about just under one year of my life can it ...
R.J. SEELEY

Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a pe...
R.J. LAWRENCE I heard the universe as an oratorio sung by a master choir of stars, accompanied by the orchestra of...
R.J. ANDERSON

He looked like a thing broken loose from a bedtime story, something unreal ... The giant watched her...
R.J. LAWRENCE

She looked at him, his black, depthless eyes like boiling wells of oil.
R.J. LAWRENCE

At last, the clock settled in the right place.
R.J. LAWRENCE

They waited and watched, while the clocks seemed to resist time.
R.J. LAWRENCE

She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.
R.J. LAWRENCE

The boy raised the can to his nose and smelled, his lips wrinkling back as if he'd caught the busine...
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They drove out of the driveway and onto the road, venturing forth into the horizon, spacious and emp...
R.J. LAWRENCE

It's bad luck not to believe in luck.
R.J. LAWRENCE I looked up, into the muddy hazel eyes of the nicest man I would ever learn to hate.
R.J. ANDERSON

He flipped over and positioned himself atop her, his head congested with rude thoughts.
R.J. LAWRENCE I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of...
R.J. ANDERSON It’s this or nothing at all.
R.J. GROVES

When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, n...
R.J. LAWRENCE Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part ...
R.J. ANDERSON

You have to get angry in the face of bad situations. It's the most effective way to escape the bridl...
R.J. LAWRENCE

You want my advice? Well, here it is. Don't take no advice and don't give none neither.
R.J. LAWRENCE That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left.
R.J. SCOTT To play a good game, you need a few players.
R.J. TORBERT

What fools are those who spend their time constructing defenses against things there are no defenses...
R.J. LAWRENCE

On one side of the room, a middle-aged couple filled the boxes of a newspaper crossword puzzle, thei...
R.J. LAWRENCE

Outside, the air filled with cricket noise, as the sun reddened in its descent.
R.J. LAWRENCE

He kissed her somber lips and said goodbye, and then he shut the door in her beautiful face against ...
R.J. LAWRENCE

They rolled up the path, tree branches raking the windshield like angry wardens.
R.J. LAWRENCE

They loved deeply in those early years, as it is common for young lovers to do.
R.J. LAWRENCE

A smile leaked from behind the boy’s somber face, and then the thing withered like a little flower...
R.J. LAWRENCE

The sun had set, but a faint pastel haze lingered in the mid-summer sky.
R.J. LAWRENCE

The driver watched the young female figure approach within his rearview mirror, unable to discern mo...
R.J. LAWRENCE One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is...
R.J. GONZALES No matter what side of the law you are on, when it comes to revenge, there is no mercy.
R.J. TORBERT I disliked numbers, and they didn't think much of me either.
R.J. ANDERSON

Never apologize for correct actions.
R.J. LAWRENCE A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning its life with an early ending.
R.J. GONZALES The courage to live in the present, between time and timelessness. No matter the circumstance, it is...
R.J. BLIZZARD It is becoming apparent that authentic journeys are not measured by time. The only time is the prese...
R.J. BLIZZARD

The door closed and darkness claimed the room.
R.J. LAWRENCE You studied and did your duty, believed and did what you were told with a promise of a life that is ...
R.J. BLIZZARD You both make each other want to be better people, and that’s a feckin’ rare thing. Far too many...
R.J. PRESCOTT Many of our churches have become content with creating well-behaved constituents instead of forgiven...
R.J. GRUNEWALD Every time you show your feelings, you apologize. Have you ever had an emotion in your life that you...
R.J. ANDERSON You broke her heart in person—you fix it in person!
R.J. GONZALES Solaris a blaze of freedom raging.
R.J. ASKEW I do not desire evil, Garan had said to her once, but it seems to me that to stand idle wh...
R.J. ANDERSON Reluctantly she lifted her eyes to his, and he went on: "I want you to understand this as though I w...
R.J. ANDERSON I'm just a little cold," said Knife, pulling the blanket closer about her shoulders.
Paul wrapp...
R.J. ANDERSON Religion searches for reason, and never finds purpose. They think the purpose is to have better reas...
R.J. BLIZZARD The northern star changes its position every ten thousand years, but friendships can last for all et...
R.J. PETERS There are old pilots and there are bold pilots', goes the saying, 'there are no old bold pilots'. Ha...
R.J. CHILDERHOSE El señor Traseronian miró al público.
-"Más amables de lo necesario" - repitió -. Qué fra...
PALACIO R. J. It is possible for things to get worse without limit.
HERBERT R.J. GROSCH

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