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.
You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they're doing now.
You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.
What you giving me them shifty-eyed looks for?
What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic.
They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere
There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it.
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.
The princess smiled at Despereaux again, and this time, Despereaux smiled back. And then, something incredible happened: The mouse fell in love.
That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.
That night,
That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
Thank you.
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 afte...
Sometimes there are no reasons. Often, most of the time, there are no reasons. The world cannot be explained.
Sometimes he reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell, in there thinking about things and not ever sticking his head out into the world.
Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.
She had on a spangled top that sparkled like fish scales. Her hair was very yellow. She looked like a mermaid in a bad mood.(p. 82 RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE)
Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or is it (as the soldier said about happiness) something that you might just as well do, since,in the...
Quest. Say it, reader. Say the word quest lout loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.