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141 " I lay there and thought how life was like a Littmus Lozenge, how the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together and how hard it was to separate them out. It was confusing. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Because of Winn-Dixie
142 " It was the strangest things, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul. "
― Kate DiCamillo , Raymie Nightingale
143 " Are you a man or a mouse? "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tale of Despereaux
144 " Her words sounded the way all those things made him feel, as if the world, the real world, had been punched through, so that he could see something wonderful and dazzling on the other side of it. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tiger Rising
145 " Go ahead, Marlene, thought Edward. Push me around. Do with me as you will. What does it matter? I am broken. Broken. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
146 " The world is dark, and light is precious. "
147 " And now you have a small map of the princess's heart (hatred, sorrow, kindness, empathy), the heart that she carried down inside her as she went down the golden stairs and through the kitchen and, finally, just as the sky outside the castle began to lighten, down into the dark dungeon with the rat and the serving girl. "
148 " And Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. Before, when Abilene had talked to him, everything had seemed so boring, so pointless. But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said." (page 69) "
149 " Dan selama perjalanannya itu, ia jadi tahu- bahwa hati yang paling rapuh sekalipun dapat belajar menyayangi, kehilangan, dan menyanyangi lagi "
150 " And this is a time to act, not wonder. "
151 " It's not even that I bump into things. It's more that things leap out of nowhere and bump into me "
― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
152 " All things are possible. When I was a girl in Blundermeecen, the miraculous happened every day. Or every other day. Or every third day. Actually, sometimes it did not happen at all, even on the third day. But still, we expected it. You see what I'm saying? Even when it didn't happen, we were expecting it. We knew the miraculous would come. "
153 " How can you make a beautiful ending without making beautiful mistakes. "
154 " I have already been loved,” said Edward. “I have been loved by a girl named Abilene. I have been loved by a fisherman and his wife and a hobo and his dog. I have been loved by a boy who played the harmonica and by a girl who died. Don’t talk to me about love,” he said. “I have known love. "
155 " Perhaps this is a dream, said Madam La Vaughn from her chair. Perhaps the whole thing has been nothing but a dream. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Magician's Elephant
156 " She herself often felt too terrified to go on, but she had never admitted it out loud "
157 " ...you never know what's going to happen next. It keeps you on your toes. That's what Granny says. And it's important to be on your toes because you just never know what might happen next in this world. "
158 " Sometimes, it seemed like everybody in the world was lonely. I thought about my mama. Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth. Time after time, my mind kept going to that empty spot, the spot where i felt like she should be. "
159 " Bagaimana cerita bisa berakhir bahagia kalau tidak ada cinta? "
160 " Reader, do you believe that there is such a thing as happily ever after? Or, like Despereaux, have you, too, begun to question the possibility of happy endings? "