01c. 1964 ADEvery well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
02c. 1964 ADHe was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
03c. 1964 ADIt occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
06c. 1964 ADHe would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
07c. 1964 ADDesperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips."I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
09c. 1964 ADIt's hard not to immediately fall in love witha dog who has a good sense of humor.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
10c. 1964 ADIf the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Wishes were dangerous things. That was the idea you got from fairy tales.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
12c. 1964 ADNo one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
13c. 1964 ADBesides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl?The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
14c. 1964 ADAnd Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. Before, when Abilene had talked to him, everything had seemed so boring, so pointless. But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said." (page 69)Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
15c. 1964 ADHe 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.Kate DiCamillo / quote ↗
