Kate DiCamillo Quotes - Page 5

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light.

Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.

I have been loved said Edward to the stars

They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere

The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.

Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more beauty in the world if I believe such a thing is possible.

I have been loved, Edward told the stars. So? said the stars. What difference does that make when you are all alone now?

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.

This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.

Once there was a princess who was very beautiful. She shone bright as the stars on a moonless night. But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? None. No difference." Why did it make no difference?" asked Abilene. Because," said Pellegrina, "She was a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her.

Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.

Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.

I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.

In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.

It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.

Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.

[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.

There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?

Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?

Have you, in truth, ever seen something so heartbreakingly lovely? What are we to make of a world where stars shine bright in the midst of so much darkness and gloom?

What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?

the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light.

Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right.

Reader, you may ask this queston. In fact, you must ask this question. Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful princess named Pea? The answer is... Yes. Of course it's ridiculous. Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful.