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Kate DiCamillo quotes about light

American Author March 25, 1964

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SEASONS PASSED, FALL AND WINTER and spring and summer. Leaves blew in through the open door of Lucius Clarke’s shop, and rain, and the green outrageous hopeful light of spring. People came and went, grandmothers and doll collectors and little girls with their mothers. Edward Tulane waited. The seasons turned into years. Edward Tulane waited. He repeated the old doll’s words over and over until they wore a smooth groove of hope in his brain: Someone will come; someone will come for you. Kate DiCamillo
And he discovered, finally, the source of the honey-sweet sound. The sound was music. The sound was King Phillip playing his guitar and singing for his daughter, the Princess Pea, every night before she fell asleep. Hidden in a hole in the wall of the princess's bedroom, the mouse listened with all his heart. The sound of the King's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him. Oh," he said, "it sounds like heaven. It smells like honey. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear..."
The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us..."
In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow..."
The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him. Kate DiCamillo
Pea was aware suddenly of how fragile her heart was, how much darkness was inside it, fighting, always, with the light. She did not like the rat. She would neverlike the rat, but she knew what she must do to save her own heart. Kate DiCamillo
Every 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
Kate DiCamillo quote: "Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and..."
Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill..."
He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark."
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin..."
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "Light is precious in a world so dark."
Light is precious in a world so dark. Kate DiCamillo
Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always be sweetness and light. Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo quote: "Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be..."
Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light. Kate DiCamillo

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