Kate DiCamillo Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo Famous Quotes & Sayings
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In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.
READING SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED TO CHILDREN AS A CHORE OR A DUTY. IT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THEM AS A PRECIOUS GIFT.
It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.
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.
The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.
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.
You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.
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 is somebody who loves me," said Despereaux. "And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me.
What was it like ... to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
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.
You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.
There was something scary about watching adults sleep. It was as if no one at all were in charge of the world.
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.
It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.
That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.
Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform.
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
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.
Flora hated the phrase "correct me if I'm wrong." In her experience, people only said it when they knew they were right.
When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.
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!
"And I have removed one of my outrageous socks," said Bink. "It's a compromise bonanza!
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.
Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right.
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.
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.
Sometimes there are no reasons. Often, most of the time, there are no reasons. The world cannot be explained.
All words at all times, true or false, whispered or shouted, are clues to the workings of the human heart.
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.
If the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Wishes were dangerous things. That was the idea you got from fairy tales.
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.
That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
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.
Franny, you are the genuine article. You are solid. You are certain. You are like a refrigerator. You hum.
He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it.
Rob sat out on the curb in front of the motel room and waited for Sistine to come back from using the phone.
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.
Bink," said Gollie, "I must inform you that you are giving a home to a truly unremarkable fish."
"I love him" said Bink.
"I love him" said Bink.
Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end ...
Melancholy, I repeated. I liked the way it sounded, like there was music hidden somewhere inside it. Kate Di Camillo, Because of Winn Dixie
The world is dark, and light is precious.
Come closer, dear reader.
You must trust me.
I am telling you a story.
Come closer, dear reader.
You must trust me.
I am telling you a story.
Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone.