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121 " I bet you didn’t think I’d come back. But here I am. I come to save you.” Too late, thought Edward as Bryce climbed the pole and worked at the wires that were tied around his wrists. I am nothing but a hollow rabbit. Too late, thought Edward as Bryce pulled the nails out of his ears. I am only a doll made of china. But when the last nail was out and he fell forward into Bryce’s arms, the rabbit felt a rush of relief, and the feeling of relief was followed by one of joy. Perhaps, he thought, it is not too late, after all, for me to be saved. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
122 " Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always be sweetness and light. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tale of Despereaux
123 " But she couldn't help it. She did hope. She was hoping. She had been hoping all along. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
124 " Holy unanticipated occurrences! "
125 " But in truth,' said Bull, 'we are going nowhere. That my friend, is the irony of our constant movement. "
126 " I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea. "
127 " Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Magician's Elephant
128 " All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all. "
129 " It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself. "
130 " Do you know what it means to be emphatic? I will tell you: It means that when you are being forcibly taken to a dungeon, when you have a large knife at your back, when you are trying to be brave, you are able, still, to think for a moment of the person who is holding the knife. "
131 " If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless. "
132 " What matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down, but who picks us up. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Louisiana's Way Home
133 " 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. "
134 " When I was a girl in Blundermeecen we wondered always if we would see each other again. Each day was uncertain. So, to say good-bye to someone was uncertain, too. Would you see them again? Who could say? Blundermeecen was a place of dark secrets, unmarked graves, terrible curses. Trolls were everywhere! So we said good-bye to each other the best way we could. We said: I promise to always turn back toward you. "
135 " At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what 'perfidy' means? I have a feeling you do, based on the scene that unfolded here. But you should look up the word in your dictionary, just to be sure. "
136 " There is somebody who loves me," said Despereaux. "And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me. "
137 " Flora’s heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her. "
138 " He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it. "
139 " You can’t always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Because of Winn-Dixie
140 " When the other Dr. Meescham was alive and I could not sleep, do you know what he would do for me? This man would put on his slippers and he would go out into the kitchen and he would fix for me sardines and crackers. You know sardines? Little fishes in a can. He would put these little fishes onto crackers for me, and then I would hear him coming back down the hallway, carrying the sardines and humming, returning to me. Such tenderness. To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of the night. To hum to you. This is love. "