I love it when I’m the one who makes Dad laugh, since he’s usually the funnyman that gets everybody else laughing.
The shadows were really long on the grass, and the clouds were pink and orange. It looked like someone had taken sidewalk chalk and smudged the colors across the sky with their fingers. It’s.
No, no, it’s not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and the universe doesn’t. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can’t see.
Being nice is the first step toward being kind. It’s a pretty awesome start.
I opened the box. Inside was the cutest little puppy I’ve ever seen in my life. It was black and furry, with a pointy little snout and bright black eyes and small ears that flopped down.
A hamster is basically just a warm potato with fur. I mean, it moves and it’s cute and all, but don’t let anyone try to fool you that it’s the same as a dog.
It’s so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that’s the worst in your life, but to everybody else it’s just an ordinary night. Like, on my calendar at home, I would mark this as being one of the most horrific days of my life. This and the day Daisy died. But for the rest of the world, this was just an ordinary day. Or maybe it was even a good day. Maybe somebody won the lottery today.
Sometimes we hate the things we’re afraid of.
August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun. The only celestial body that doesn’t orbit August the Sun is Daisy the dog, and that’s only because to her little doggy eyes, August’s face doesn’t look very different from any other human’s face. To Daisy, all our faces look alike, as flat and pale as the moon.
So, I thought: Ah-ha! So it was Auggie who told Mr. Tushman about the Post-it notes! What a turd!! Mom.
She sounded like she was genuinely sorry, but there was something about her expression that always made you wonder if she was being completely sincere. I think it had something to do with the dimple in her left cheek. She almost couldn’t help looking mischievous.
Sometimes when I looked at Grans, I could see the pretty girl she used to be underneath the wrinkles. I could see the girl from Ipanema inside the old-lady walk.
The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment.
And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom.
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.
Thank you for making me go to school,” I said quietly. She hugged me close and leaned down and kissed the top of my head. “Thank you, Auggie,” she answered softly. “For what?” “For everything you’ve given us,” she said. “For coming into our lives. For being you.” She bent down and whispered in my ear. “You really are a wonder, Auggie. You are a wonder.
For a while, the “war” was all we talked about. February was when it was really at its worst. That’s when practically nobody was talking to us, and Julian had started leaving notes in our lockers. The notes to Jack were stupid, like: You stink, big cheese! and Nobody likes you anymore! I got notes like: Freak! And another that said: Get out of our school, orc!
It is always brave to be kind, but in those days, such kindnesses could cost you your life.
Except Savanna’s group, because they’re going out with Julian’s group.
I couldn’t wait to go home.