1. “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”-Arthur C. Clarke
2. “To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity in an hour.”-William Blake
3. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”-Marcus Aurelius
4. “Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”-Franz Kafka
5. “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”-Carl Sagan
6. “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”-Rachel Carson
7. “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”-W.B. Yeats
8. “Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”-Betty Smith
9. “The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”-Albert Einstein
10. “To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity in an hour.”-William Blake
11. “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
12. “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”-Albert Einstein
14. “She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?”-Cassandra Clare
15. “Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?”-Nicholas Sparks
16. “I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”-Bram Stoker
17. “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love.”-Alice Walker
18. “Words are like nets – we hope they’ll cover what we mean, but we know they can’t possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.”-Jodi Picoult
19. “Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I’ve decided, is only a slow sewing shut.”-Jodi Picoult
20. “Its not a contest about whose days suck the most. The point is we all have to put up with the bad days.” -R. J. Palacio
21. “You don’t need your eyes to love, right? You just feel it inside you. That’s how it is in heaven. It’s just love, and no one forgets who they love.” -R. J. Palacio
22. “Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.” -R. J. Palacio
23. “I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.” -R. J. Palacio
24. “It’s better to know some of the questions, than all of the answers.” -R. J. Palacio
25. “I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.” -R. J. Palacio
26. “A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we’ve done, and apply what we’ve learned from those things to the future. If we don’t examine the past, we don’t learn from it.” -R. J. Palacio
27. “Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.” -R. J. Palacio
28. “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” -R. J. Palacio
29. “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.” -R. J. Palacio
30. “Learning who you are is what you are here to do.” -R. J. Palacio
31. “Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.” -R. J. Palacio
32. “But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.” -R. J. Palacio
33. “When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” -R. J. Palacio
34. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” -R. J. Palacio
35. “It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.” -R. J. Palacio
36. “It’s never too late to start over.” -R. J. Palacio
37. “What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.” -R. J. Palacio
38. “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.” -R. J. Palacio
39. “Don’t try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that’s uncool.” -R. J. Palacio
40. “Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams.” -R. J. Palacio
41. “Walking up towards that stage, I felt like I was floating. My heart was beating so fast. I didn’t really understand why I was getting a medal.” – Auggie Pullman
42. “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” – Mr. Tushman
43. “Every time I came home from the hospital, Daisy was here. She was a real friend, and real friends are hard to find.” – Auggie Pullman
44. “Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.” – Auggie Pullman
45. “I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we go to see what we looked like under the masks.” – Auggie Pullman
46. “I love Auggie very, very much. But he has many angels looking out for him already, Via. And I want you to know that you have me looking out for you.” – Grans
47. “If they stare let them stare. You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.” – Via Pullman
48. “We all have marks on our faces. This is the map that shows where we’ve been and it’s never, ever ugly.” – Isabel Pullman
49. “Greatness is not being strong but using strength to carry the most hearts.” -Mr Tushman
50. “Are you always going to look this way, August? I mean, can’t you get plastic surgery or something?” – Jack Will
51. “You are not ugly Auggie.” – Isabel Pullman
52. “What’s the deal with your face? I mean, were you in a fire or something?” – Julian
53. “Incubator, bunsen burners, oh, and this is an eraser. You know what an eraser is, right?” – Julian
54. “My mom always said, ‘If you don’t like where you are just picture where you want to be’.” – Auggie Pullman
55. “And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go.” – Auggie Pullman
56. “For a second, I imagined how cool it would be… To have all these people standing up and cheering for me. I think it should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life.” – Auggie Pullman
57. “We have a lot of friends on the school board.” -Mr Tushman
58. “Meeting kids is harder than meeting adults.” – Auggie Pullman
59. “In the hallways, which were always crowded, my face would always surprise some unsuspecting kid who maybe hadn’t heard about me. The kid would make the sound you make when you hold your breath before going underwater, a little “uh!” sound.” – Auggie Pullman
60. “A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we’ve done, and apply what we’ve learned from those things to the future. If we don’t examine the past, we don’t learn from it.” -Mr Tushman
61. “But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.” – Isabel Pullman
62. “Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.” – Auggie Pullman
63. “Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” -Neil Armstrong
64. “Think and wonder, wonder and think.” -Dr. Seuss
65. “I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.” -Gerry Spence
66. “Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” -E.B. White
67. “Never lose your sense of wonder.” -Anonymous
68. “Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
69. “There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.” -Ronald Reagan
70. “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” -E .E. Cummings
71. “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” -Ralph Sockman
72. “Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.” -Abraham Joshua Heschel
73. “Philosophy begins in wonder.” -Plato
74. “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” -Albert Einstein
