Life Quotes by Kate DiCamillo

14 Life quotes by Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo’s life reflections are as warm as her stories, and though there are only 14, each carries her signature blend of hope and simplicity. This brief set is a sweet entry point for anyone wanting to feel the quiet strength of her voice.

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Life was so short; so many beautiful things slipped away.

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Life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is difficult. Life is wonderful.

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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I…

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We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you…

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I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary…

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Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and…

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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…

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On the return flight from my mother in Florida , I sat next to a businessman who asked me what I did…

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The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is…

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When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one…

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Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. Abilene had not done it. Nor had Nellie. And most certainly,…

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“And I have some poetry that I would like to recite to you in honor of the recent, um, transformations in your…

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The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show…

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“Edward thought about everything that had happened to him in his short life. What kind of adventures would you have if you…

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[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.

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Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I…

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Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them…

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You have to learn how to write each book.

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“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless”

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I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it.

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“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always…

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