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Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

R. J. Palacio

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R. J. Palacio
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 13
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Graphic Designer
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Queens
New York
Raquel Jaramillo Palacio
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You don't need your eyes to love. You just feel it inside you.
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We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.
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I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
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Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in.
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