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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a 2006 novel by Kate DiCamillo. Following the life of a china rabbit, the book won the 2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in Fiction category.

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

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“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”

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“You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.”

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“You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.”

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“But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love?”

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

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“Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)”

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“But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.”

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“Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.”

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“It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it.”

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