The Julian Chapter Quotes

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. —Ian Maclaren”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“One mistake does not define you.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“There’s no rule book that tells you how to act in every given situation in life, you know? So what I always say is that it’s always better to err on the side of kindness. That’s the secret. If you don’t know what to do, just be kind. You can’t go wrong.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“But the good thing about life is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“That’s the thing about being scared, though. You can’t control it. When you’re scared, you’re scared. And when you’re scared, everything seems scarier than it ordinarily would be—even things that aren’t. Everything that scares you kind of mushes together to become this big, terrifying feeling. It’s like you’re covered in this blanket of fear,”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“The things you did, you know they were not right. But that does not mean you are not capable of doing right. It only means that you chose to do wrong.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“That’s the thing about being scared, though. You can’t control it.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Just follow the day and reach for the sun!”
― R J Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“It is always brave to be kind.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“If you don’t know what to do, just be kind.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Sometimes we hate the things we're afraid of.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Things that happen to us, even the bad stuff, can often teach us a little bit about ourselves.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“But then we drove to Dannevilliers, which is where Julian had lived: that village was intact. She took us to the barn where she had stayed for two years. The old farmer who lived there now let us walk around and take a look. Grandmère found her initials scrawled in a little nook in one of the horse stalls, which is where she would hide under piles of hay whenever the Nazis were nearby. Grandmère stood in the middle of the barn, with one hand on her face as she looked around. She seemed so tiny there.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“It was only then that I realized that poor Ms. Rubin’s blouse and skirt were completely covered in my blood.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Tu as un cerveau comme un sandwich au fromage!”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“#choosekind”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“In the end, mon cher, all that matters is that you forgive yourself”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“blanket is made out of broken glass and dog poop and oozy pus and bloody zombie zits.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“She just sat back in her chair, her head slightly tilted, and I could tell by looking into her eyes that she had gone somewhere far away. Grandmère’s Story “I was a very popular girl when I was young, Julian,” said Grandmère.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder: The Julian Chapter

“Algunas veces es bueno volver a empezar.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Oh, you know me, Jules,” she answered. “I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!” Much”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Yo, Darth Hideous. You’re so ugly you should wear a mask every day! And: I h8 u, Freak! And the last one: I bet your mother wishes you’d never been born. You should do everybody a favor—and die. Of”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“So, I thought: Ah-ha! So it was Auggie who told Mr. Tushman about the Post-it notes! What a turd!! Mom”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Sometimes people surprise you. Never in a million years would I have thought my mom would be the one to back down from anything, so”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“The good thing about life [...] is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better.”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter

“Wenn du Angst hast, hast du Angst. Und wenn du Angst hast, sieht alles Furcht einflößender aus, als es normalerweise der Fall wäre - selbst Sachen, die ganz harmlos sind.”
― Raquel J. Palacio, Wunder - Wie Julian es sah

“Julian Auguste Beaumier né le 10 de octobre 1930 tombé en juin 1944 Puisse-t-il toujours marcher le front haut dans le jardin de Dieu”
― R.J. Palacio, The Julian Chapter