There are so many difficult things and stories can make them palatable. That's the way I have always felt. Kate DiCamillo More Quotes by Kate DiCamillo More Quotes From Kate DiCamillo Nobody ever learns anything. Kate DiCamillo 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) Kate DiCamillo missing-someone loss heart Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. Abilene had not done it. Nor had Nellie. And most certainly, Bull had not. It was a singular sensation to be held so gently and yet so fiercely, to be stared down at with so much love. Edward felt the whole of his china body flood with warmth. (page 128) Kate DiCamillo bulls done baby 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 do more for her. (page 135) Kate DiCamillo ruth pages care No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do. Kate DiCamillo matter home trying Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated! Kate DiCamillo fairy-tale dragons real 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. Kate DiCamillo mouths heart needs I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me about a book that they care about. If I think about it as being a celebrity, it would freak me out. But I just think, lucky me, that I get to be a part of this whole thing. Kate DiCamillo reading kids book Reading is my passion. Kate DiCamillo my-passion passion reading I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education. Kate DiCamillo illumination reading thinking The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights. Kate DiCamillo sells rights To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things will happen. Maybe they won't, but it has to keep on moving. Kate DiCamillo kids book moving Everything when I was a kid was illustrated. Kate DiCamillo kids Go home and read to your adult. We forget how much we love to be read to. Kate DiCamillo adults home forget That you can go anywhere in America and get a book from a library is just the most amazing thing in the world. It's not a duty; it's a privilege and it's a joy. That joy is doubled and tripled and quadrupled if you read with other people. Kate DiCamillo book america people I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, you have to read this, you have to read this." Kate DiCamillo talking book people When I journal, I write about images that I've seen that I think might make good stories. I write about things that I hear that I think I can turn into a story. I write about the story that I'm working on and where I think it might go. Kate DiCamillo stories writing thinking If there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it. Kate DiCamillo might-use ifs thinking When I get to a point in my book writing when I don't know what I'm going to do next, I'll come back look at underlined passages and see if the images I wrote still have a certain amount of resonance for me. Kate DiCamillo writing book looks I think I'm succinct to the point of trying to write the two-word novel. Editing my work almost never means taking anything out but rather adding, because I'm always stripping down. I tend to under-write rather than over-write. Kate DiCamillo writing mean thinking
