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21 " She might be a natural-born cynic, but she knew the right word when she heard it. "
― Kate DiCamillo
22 " The words were good words, Ulysses felt, maybe even great words, but the list was very incomplete. He was just getting started. The words needed to be arranged, fussed with, put in the order of his heart. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
23 " It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task. "
24 " Dear God, thank you for warm summer nights and candlelight and good food. But thank you most of all for friends. We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us. We pray in Christ's name, Amen. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Because of Winn-Dixie
25 " There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman. Such was the fate of Chiaroscuro. His heart was broken. Picking up the spoon and placing it on his head, speaking of revenge, these things helped him to put his heart together again. But it was, alas, put together wrong. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tale of Despereaux
26 " Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. "
27 " the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light. "
28 " The April sun, weak but determined, shone through a castle window and from there squeezed itself through a small hole in the wall and placed one golden finger on the little mouse. "
29 " And Rob knew then that he had picked the right person to tell. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tiger Rising
30 " There was something scary about watching adults sleep. It was as if no one at all were in charge of the world. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Raymie Nightingale
31 " This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness. "
32 " Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103) "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
33 " The world went on. People left and people died and people went to memorial services and put orange blocks of cheese into their purses. People confessed to you that they were hungry all the time. And then you got up in the morning and pretended that none of it had happened. "
34 " Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone. "
35 " 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. "
36 " What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Magician's Elephant
37 " He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again. "
38 " Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform. "
39 " I love your round head,the brilliant green,the watching blue,these letters,this world, you.I am very, very hungry. "
40 " There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it. "