“ 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
“ I am done with being loved, Edward told her. I'm done with loving. It's too painful.Pish. said the old doll. Where is your courage?Somewhere else. I guess, said Edward.You disappoint me, she said. You… Kate DiCamillo
“ HE IS AN UNASSUMING JANITOR. BUT HE WILL DARE TO BATTLE THE DARKNESS OF THE UNIVERSE. DO YOU DOUBT HIM? DO NOT. ALFRED T. SLIPPER WILL LIVE TO FIGHT THE FORCES OF EVIL. HE WILL BECOME KNOWN TO THE WOR… Kate DiCamillo
“ Despereaux looked at his father, at his grey-streaked fur and trembling whiskers and his front paws clasped together in front of his heart, and he felt suddenly as if his own heart would break in two.… Kate DiCamillo
“ And he told himself, reader, that it was the cloth that he desired and not the light. Kate DiCamillo
“ 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 mo… Kate DiCamillo
“ 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. When I told Gloria Dump about Otis and how he got arrested, she laughed… Kate DiCamillo
“ [He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. Kate DiCamillo
“ 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. Kate DiCamillo
“ The world was beautiful. It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. In spite of all the lies, it was beautiful. Kate DiCamillo
“ The rabbit felt dizzy. He wondered for a minute, if his head had cracked open again, if he was dreaming. Look, Mama, said Maggie, look at him. I see him, said the woman. She dropped the umbrella. She… Kate DiCamillo
“ SEASONS PASSED, FALL AND WINTER and spring and summer. Leaves blew in through the open door of Lucius Clarke’s shop, and rain, and the green outrageous hopeful light of spring. People came and went, g… Kate DiCamillo
“ Reader, you may ask this queston. In fact, you must ask this question. Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse fall in love with a beautiful princess named Pea? The answer is..Yes.… Kate DiCamillo
“ 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? Kate DiCamillo
