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61 " Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tale of Despereaux
62 " 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. "
63 " 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 , The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
64 " 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 , The Magician's Elephant
65 " I have been loved, Edward told the stars. So? said the stars. What difference does that make when you are all alone now? "
66 " How will the world change if we do not question it? "
67 " Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous. "
68 " Look at me, he said to her. His arms and legs jerked. Look at me. You got your wish. I have learned how to love. And it’s a terrible thing. I’m broken. My heart is broken. Help me. The old woman turned and hobbled away. Come back, thought Edward. Fix me "
69 " Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Because of Winn-Dixie
70 " 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. "
71 " There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup. "
72 " That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing. "
73 " Have you, in truth, ever seen something so heartbreakingly lovely? What are we to make of a world where stars shine bright in the midst of so much darkness and gloom? "
74 " 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? "
75 " But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love? "
76 " Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart... "
77 " I promise to always turn back toward you. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
78 " 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. "
79 " You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together. "
80 " And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen. "