Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to...
It's kind of a strange church and I thought Winn-Dixie would fit right in.
I don’t care if anyone comes for me, said Edward.But that’s dreadful, said the old doll. There’s no point in going on if you feel that way. No point at all. You must be filled with expectancy. You mus...
He knew how to construct a song out of the nothing of day-to-day life and how to sing that nothing into a song so beautiful that it could sustain the vision of a whole and better world.
And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.
Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.
I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.
I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart. - Gloria Dump
HE WILL BECOME KNOWN TO THE WORLD AS ULYSSES! Holy
Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.
At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child.That word, reader, was adieu...Adieu is the French word for farewell.
We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?The world cannot be changed, said Gloria. The world is what the world is and has forever b...
Other people’s tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation.
Nothingwould beeasier withoutyou,because youare everything,all of it-sprinkles, quarks, giantdonuts, eggs sunny-side up-youare the ever-expandinguniverseto me.
Mon Dieu, look, look, says Antoinette. He lives. He lives! And he seems such the happy mouse.Forgiven, whispers Lester.Cripes, says Furlough, unbelievable.Just so, says the threadmaster, Hovis, smilin...
It's hard not to immediately fall in love witha dog who has a good sense of humor.
I have brought you half of my pancakes, said Gollie.And I have removed one of my outrageous socks, said Bink. It's a compromise bonanza!
He had been so lonely, so desperately, hopelessly lonely for so long. He might very well spend the rest of his life in prison, alone. And he understood that what he wanted now was something much simpl...
Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always be sweetness and light.