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“Everything, as you well know… cannot always be sweetness and light.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

Source: The Tale of Despereaux

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

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

Source: The Tale of Despereaux (2004)
Context: Despereaux looked down at the book, and something remarkable happened. The marks on the pages, the "squiggles" as Merlot referred to them, arranged themselves into shapes. The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time

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

Kate DiCamillo book Because of Winn-Dixie

Source: Because of Winn-Dixie

“So many miracles have not yet happened.”

Kate DiCamillo

Source: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

“Her mother called to her. She said, "Where are you going, Flora Belle?"
Flora didn't answer her. She never answered her mother when she called her Flora Belle.
Sometimes she didn't answer her mother when she called her Flora either.”

Kate DiCamillo book Flora & Ulysses

Source: Flora & Ulysses (2013), Chapter Four: A Surprisingly Helpful Cynic, p. 12

“Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel.
Huge portions of what is loosely termed "the squirrel brain" are given over to one thought: food.
The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat.”

Kate DiCamillo book Flora & Ulysses

Source: Flora & Ulysses (2013), Chapter Two: The Mind of a Squirrel, p. 10

“That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.”

Kate DiCamillo book Flora & Ulysses

Source: Flora & Ulysses (2013), Chapter Eight: Helpful Information, p. 20

“When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

“Reader, you may ask this question; 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 human princess named Pea?
The answer is… yes. Of course, it's ridiculous.
Love is ridiculous.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

“If the rat had not looked over his shoulder, perhaps his heart would not have broken. And it is possible, then, that I would not have a story to tell. But, reader, he did look.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

“Anything could happen. Together, she and Ulysses could change the world. Or something.”

Kate DiCamillo book Flora & Ulysses

Source: Flora & Ulysses (2013), Chapter Twelve: The Forces of Evil, p. 39

“Despereaux did not know it, but he would need, very soon, to be brave himself.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

“There is those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves is a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

“There is no predicting what kind of sentences you might say, thought Flora. For instance, who would ever think you would shout, "You're going to vacuum up that squirrel!"”

Kate DiCamillo book Flora & Ulysses

Source: Flora & Ulysses (2013), Chapter One: A Natural-Born Cynic, p. 7