Quotes

Wonder

Auggie: Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. And if you really wanna see what people are, all you have to do is look.

Mr. Tushman: Auggie can't change how he looks. Maybe we should change how we see.

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

[Via and Isabel are having an argument downstairs]
Auggie: What are they saying down there?
Nate: They, my friend, are saying a lot of things, none of which concerns us. Let's see your Minecraft world, 'cause we might be moving to it.

Mr. Tushman: The final award this morning is the Henry Ward Beecher medal to honor students who have been notable or exemplary. Usually, it's a "good works," a service award. But I came upon a passage that he wrote, which made me realize that good works come in many forms. "Greatness," he wrote, "lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. He or she is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own." Without further ado, this year, I am very proud to award the Henry Ward Beecher medal to the student whose quiet strength has carried up the most hearts.

Isabel: We all have marks on our face. This is the map that shows where we've been and it's never, ever ugly.

Mr. Browne: Who do I aspire to be? That's the question we should be asking ourselves all the time.

Via: [narrating] Miranda used to joke that my house was like the earth. It revolved around the son, not the daughter.

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