“ Bink, said Gollie, I must inform you that you are giving a home to a truly unremarkable fish.I love him said Bink. Kate DiCamillo
“ At the concession stand, Leroy Ninker said, Thank you very much! He said, Extra butter on that? He also said, Yippie-i-oh. Leroy Ninker said Yippie-i-oh because Leroy Ninker had a dream. He wanted to… Kate DiCamillo
“ And he marveled, too, at how different he felt inside, how much lighter, as if he had set something heavy down and walked away from it, without bothering to look back. Kate DiCamillo
“ And I have some poetry that I would like to recite to you in honor of the recent, um, transformations in your life. Tootie put a hand on her chest. This is Rilke, she said. ‘You, sent out beyond your… Kate DiCamillo
“ And how positively full and brimming-to-burst with words I am. This is what Mrs. Bullwhyte would call one of my extended flights of fancy. She said that I am terribly prone to them and often told me t… Kate DiCamillo
“ Night, there was a real bad thunderstorm. But what woke me up wasn’t the thunder and lightning. It was Winn-Dixie, whining and butting his head against my bedroom door. Winn-Dixie, I said. What are yo… Kate DiCamillo
“ You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now. Kate DiCamillo
“ You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together. Kate DiCamillo
“ 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 sardin… Kate DiCamillo
“ We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us. Kate DiCamillo
“ There’s no point in going on if you feel that way. No point at all. You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next. I am done… Kate DiCamillo
“ She was terribly pleased, because she had always, secretly, deep within her heart, believed that she could fly. And now here she was, doing what she had long suspected she could do, and she could not… Kate DiCamillo
“ Never enough. We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it? Kate DiCamillo
“ It was the strangest things, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul. Kate DiCamillo
“ It was astonishing, really, what people could live through. Flora felt cheered up all of a sudden, just thinking about eating seal blubber and doing impossible things, surviving when the odds were aga… Kate DiCamillo
“ If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed. Kate DiCamillo
“ Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing.And a ridiculous thing, too. Kate DiCamillo
“ Edward thought about everything that had happened to him in his short life. What kind of adventures would you have if you were in the world for a century? The old doll said, I wonder who will come for… Kate DiCamillo
