Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures QUOTES

2 " She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

4 " I love your round head,
the brilliant green,
the watching blue,
these letters,
this world, you.
I am very, very hungry. "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

6 " So many miracles have not yet happened. "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

8 " You are the ever-expanding universe to me "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

10 " Bah, cynics," said Dr. Meescham. "Cynics are people who are afraid to believe. "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

12 " A squirrel flies in," said Dr. Meescham. "This I did not expect at all. It is what I love about life, that things happen which I do not expect. When I was a girl in Blundermeecen, we left the window open for this very reason, even in the winter. We did it because we believed something wonderful might make its way to us through the open window. Did wonderful things find us? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But tonight it has happened! Something wonderful!" Dr. Meescham clapped her hands. "A window has been left open. A squirrel flies in the window. The heart of an old woman rejoices! "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

14 " 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

16 " 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. "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

18 " 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. "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

20 " 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. "

― Kate DiCamillo , Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures