Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Wonder.
Family Quotes
Via doesn't see me as ordinary. She says she does, but if I were ordinary, she wouldn't feel like she needs to protect me as much. And Mom and Dad don't see me as ordinary, either. They see me as e...
Appearances Quotes
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. (1.Ordinary.1)
Isolation Quotes
I can't say I always wanted to go to school because that wouldn't be exactly true. What I wanted was to go to school, but only if I could be like every other kid going to school. (1.Why I Didn't Go...
Friendship Quotes
"That guy made the funniest face!" said Jack as we sat down at our desks."I know, right?" I said. "He was like, whoa!" "I swear, I think he wet his pants!"We were laughing so hard that the teacher,...
Kindness Quotes
I walked toward Jack and followed him out of the auditorium. He held the double doors open for me, and as I passed by he looked at me right in the face, kind of daring me to look back at him, which...
Courage Quotes
Mom says the farting nurse turned out to be a very nice woman. She stayed with Mom the whole time. Didn't leave her side even after Dad came back and the doctors told them how sick I was. Mom remem...
Coming of Age Quotes
I usually love when they talk about when I was a baby. Sometimes I want to curl up into a little tiny ball and let them hug me and kiss me all over. I miss being a baby, not knowing stuff. But I wa...
Principles Quotes
"Who we are," he said, underlining each word as he said it. "Who we are! Us! Right? What kind of people are we? What kind of person are you? Isn't that the most important thing of all? Isn't that t...
Identity Quotes
Did anyone happen to notice the plaque next to the door of this school? Anyone read what is says? Anyone?"He looked around but no one knew the answer. "It says: "Know Thyself," he said, smiling and...
Suffering Quotes
Maybe no one got the Darth Sidious thing, and maybe Julian didn't mean anything at all. But in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Darth Sidious's face gets burned by Sith lightning and bec...