Kate DiCamillo

Author

1964-03-25

Books by Kate DiCamillo

Because of Winn-Dixie
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Tale of Despereaux

being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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Quotes by Kate DiCamillo

I have been loved said Edward to the stars.
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There, she said. She rocked him back and forth. There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?
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Magic is always impossible. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That's why it is magic.
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Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light.
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The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.
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We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award
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Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end...
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Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)
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If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.
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There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.
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Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.
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Oh, my goodness,— said Louisiana. —I'm just all filled up with feathers and regrets. And fears. I have a lot of fears.
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The world is dark, and light is precious.Come closer, dear reader.You must trust me.I am telling you a story.
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Nothingwould beeasier withoutyou,because youare everything,all of it-sprinkles, quarks, giantdonuts, eggs sunny-side up-youare the ever-expandinguniverseto me.
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And hope is like love...a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.
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Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or is it (as the soldier said about happiness) something that you might just as well do, since,in the end, it really makes no difference to anyone but you?
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If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.
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You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.
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It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.
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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.
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