How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
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)
Auggie chases that word "ordinary" around and around in his head, struggling to reconcile the disparity between how he feels and how he looks. He wants to be normal so badly that he rejects the idea that he is extraordinary. Over the course of the school year though, Auggie learns how he is actually both ordinary and extraordinary.
Quote #2
Mom says by then they had told her all about me. She had been preparing herself for the seeing of me. But she says that when she looked down into my tiny mushed-up face for the first time, all she could see was how pretty my eyes were. (1.How I Came to Life.6)
Moms are awesome. That's all.
Quote #3
"Why is your hair so long?" Julian said to me. He sounded like he was annoyed.
I didn't know what to say, so I just shrugged.
"Can I ask you a question?" he said.
I shrugged again. Didn't he just ask me a question?
"What's the deal with your face? I mean, were you in a fire or something?" (1.The Performance Space.26-30)
Julian reminds us over and over again that plenty of people in this world use appearances as a tool to really hurt people. And just so you know, it's rude to ask someone about why the look the way they do without them indicating first that it's something they want to talk about.