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Kate DiCamillo quotes: In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community. In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: READING SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED TO CHILDREN AS A CHORE OR A DUTY. IT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THEM AS A PRECIOUS GIFT. READING SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED TO CHILDREN AS A CHORE OR A DUTY. IT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THEM AS A PRECIOUS GIFT.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Rob was dismayed to see that she was still wearing his shirt and jeans. Rob was dismayed to see that she was still wearing his shirt and jeans.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Hey, disease boy!" Norton shouted. "We know what you got. It's called Hey, disease boy!" Norton shouted. "We know what you got. It's called
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Farewell is a word that, in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises nothing. Farewell is a word that, in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises nothing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Light is precious in a world so dark. Light is precious in a world so dark.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter. It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: And this is a time to act, not wonder. And this is a time to act, not wonder.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl?The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one. Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl?
The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying. This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I think of myself as an enormously lucky person. I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I hate to cook and love to eat. I hate to cook and love to eat.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: thought. "You want some macaroni thought. "You want some macaroni
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Edward? Yes yes yes. It is me. Edward thought. Edward? Yes yes yes. It is me. Edward thought.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together. You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it. There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Other people's tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation. Other people's tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: He must, he realized, know somewhere, deep inside him, more things than he had ever dreamed of. He must, he realized, know somewhere, deep inside him, more things than he had ever dreamed of.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: There is somebody who loves me," said Despereaux. "And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me. There is somebody who loves me," said Despereaux. "And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: What was it like ... to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms? What was it like ... to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
Kate DiCamillo quotes: She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved. She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: them back. Sometimes, I hit them first." "Oh, them back. Sometimes, I hit them first." "Oh,
Kate DiCamillo quotes: You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now. You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: She herself often felt too terrified to go on, but she had never admitted it out loud She herself often felt too terrified to go on, but she had never admitted it out loud
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Stories are light. Stories are light.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Flora's heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her. Flora's heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children. I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic. What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness. This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: There was something scary about watching adults sleep. It was as if no one at all were in charge of the world. There was something scary about watching adults sleep. It was as if no one at all were in charge of the world.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself. It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I ask you, why is it so hard to stay away from the euphemisms? They creep in, always, and attempt to make the difficult things more pleasing. I ask you, why is it so hard to stay away from the euphemisms? They creep in, always, and attempt to make the difficult things more pleasing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Writing is seeing. It is paying attention. Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate. He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I have a deep gratitude that Ida B exists. I have a deep gratitude that Ida B exists.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Holy unanticipated occurrences! Holy unanticipated occurrences!
Kate DiCamillo quotes: You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter. You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love? Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Desperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips."I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you. Desperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips.
"I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing. It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I like to think of myself as a storyteller. I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again. He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea. That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal! May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal!
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform. Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: away from the car. away from the car.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I made you something, I made you something,
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Where had Mrs. Borkowski's should gone?(p. 139) Where had Mrs. Borkowski's should gone?

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Kate DiCamillo quotes: Book the First A MOUSE IS BORN Book the Second CHIAROSCURO Book the Third GOR! THE TALE OF MIGGERY SOW Book the Fourth RECALLED TO THE LIGHT Coda Book the First A MOUSE IS BORN Book the Second CHIAROSCURO Book the Third GOR! THE TALE OF MIGGERY SOW Book the Fourth RECALLED TO THE LIGHT Coda
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope. Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Flora hated the phrase "correct me if I'm wrong." In her experience, people only said it when they knew they were right. Flora hated the phrase "correct me if I'm wrong." In her experience, people only said it when they knew they were right.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: But she couldn't help it. She did hope. She was hoping. She had been hoping all along. But she couldn't help it. She did hope. She was hoping. She had been hoping all along.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about. When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Longing is not always a reciprocal thing. Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: A what? said Willie May. A what? said Willie May.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: How many times, Edward wondered, would he have to leave without getting the chance to say goodbye? How many times, Edward wondered, would he have to leave without getting the chance to say goodbye?
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I have brought you half of my pancakes," said Gollie."And I have removed one of my outrageous socks," said Bink. "It's a compromise bonanza! I have brought you half of my pancakes," said Gollie.
"And I have removed one of my outrageous socks," said Bink. "It's a compromise bonanza!
Kate DiCamillo quotes: It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it. It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right. Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Magic is always impossible ... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic. Magic is always impossible ... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Do not hope; instead, observe were words that Flora, as a cynic, had found useful in the extreme. She repeated them to herself a lot. Do not hope; instead, observe were words that Flora, as a cynic, had found useful in the extreme. She repeated them to herself a lot.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: It was the strangest things, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul. It was the strangest things, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Sometimes there are no reasons. Often, most of the time, there are no reasons. The world cannot be explained. Sometimes there are no reasons. Often, most of the time, there are no reasons. The world cannot be explained.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: All words at all times, true or false, whispered or shouted, are clues to the workings of the human heart. All words at all times, true or false, whispered or shouted, are clues to the workings of the human heart.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole. But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it. It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: And hope is like love ... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing. And hope is like love ... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading. I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others. Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Don't we all live in our heads? Where else could we possibly exist? Our brains are the universe. Don't we all live in our heads? Where else could we possibly exist? Our brains are the universe.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: If the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Wishes were dangerous things. That was the idea you got from fairy tales. If the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Wishes were dangerous things. That was the idea you got from fairy tales.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I don't understand,' said Despereaux.'And you will not understand until you lose what you love ... I don't understand,' said Despereaux.
'And you will not understand until you lose what you love ...
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I have been loved said Edward to the stars. I have been loved said Edward to the stars.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing. That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken. Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Truly, I did not intend to harm you, he said. That was never my intention. Truly, I did not intend to harm you, he said. That was never my intention.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Franny, you are the genuine article. You are solid. You are certain. You are like a refrigerator. You hum. Franny, you are the genuine article. You are solid. You are certain. You are like a refrigerator. You hum.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: The three of them walked through the woods in silence. Sistine and Rob chewed Eight Ball gum, The three of them walked through the woods in silence. Sistine and Rob chewed Eight Ball gum,
Kate DiCamillo quotes: He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it. He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults. I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Rob sat out on the curb in front of the motel room and waited for Sistine to come back from using the phone. Rob sat out on the curb in front of the motel room and waited for Sistine to come back from using the phone.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of night. To hum to you. This To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of night. To hum to you. This is love.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Bink," said Gollie, "I must inform you that you are giving a home to a truly unremarkable fish.""I love him" said Bink. Bink," said Gollie, "I must inform you that you are giving a home to a truly unremarkable fish."
"I love him" said Bink.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Stall! Delay! Obfuscate! "Let's," said Flora. Stall! Delay! Obfuscate! "Let's," said Flora.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Cock his head this way and that. Called him Cricket, on Cock his head this way and that. Called him Cricket, on
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end ... Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end ...
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Melancholy, I repeated. I liked the way it sounded, like there was music hidden somewhere inside it. Kate Di Camillo, Because of Winn Dixie Melancholy, I repeated. I liked the way it sounded, like there was music hidden somewhere inside it. Kate Di Camillo, Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo quotes: greatly. If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless. greatly. If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: The world is dark, and light is precious.Come closer, dear reader.You must trust me.I am telling you a story. The world is dark, and light is precious.
Come closer, dear reader.
You must trust me.
I am telling you a story.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone. Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Bah, cynics," said Dr. Meescham. "Cynics are people who are afraid to believe. Bah, cynics," said Dr. Meescham. "Cynics are people who are afraid to believe.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing. The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: To Flora, the doorbell sounded like the electric chair. Not To Flora, the doorbell sounded like the electric chair. Not
Kate DiCamillo quotes: Beware of the brokenhearted," said the grandmother, "for they will lead you astray. Beware of the brokenhearted," said the grandmother, "for they will lead you astray.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: She were forced to describe it, she would say that it tasted exactly like squirrel: fuzzy, damp, slightly nutty. Have you lost your She were forced to describe it, she would say that it tasted exactly like squirrel: fuzzy, damp, slightly nutty. Have you lost your
Kate DiCamillo quotes: I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern. I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
Kate DiCamillo quotes: King Phillip and his Queen Rosemary King Phillip and his Queen Rosemary

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