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41 " 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. "
― Kate DiCamillo , The Tale of Despereaux
42 " And this is a time to act, not wonder. "
43 " 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? "
44 " Rat. A curse, an insult, a word totally without light. "
45 " Cerita seperti Cahaya "
46 " nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. "
47 " Despereaux thought that he might faint with the pleasure of someone referring to his ears as small and lovely. He laid his tail against the Pea's wrist to steady himself and he felt the princess's pulse, the pounding of her heart, and his own heart immediately took up the rhythm of hers. "
48 " And he told himself, reader, that it was the cloth that he desired and not the light. "
49 " Despereaux turned. He looked up and into the Head Mouse's eyes. They were dark eyes, deep and sad and frightened. And as Despereaux looked into them, his heart thudded once, twice. "
50 " Book the First A MOUSE IS BORN Book the Second CHIAROSCURO Book the Third GOR! THE TALE OF MIGGERY SOW Book the Fourth RECALLED TO THE LIGHT Coda "
51 " But, alas, he never really belonged in either place, the sad fate, I am afraid, of those whose hearts break and then mend in crooked ways. "
52 " I ain’t the Princess Pea But someday I will be, The Pea, ha-hee. Someday, I will be. "
53 " The rat called Chiaroscuro did not look away. He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it. "
54 " He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate. "
55 " the story of an unlikely hero "
56 " 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. "
57 " Botticelli sat "
58 " This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying. "
59 " Stories are light "
60 " You, friend, are on a quest." "I don't know what that is," said Despereaux. "You don't have to know. You just have to feel compelled to do the thing, the impossible, important task at hand. "