--- title: "4 Open Quotes By Kate DiCamillo" description: "4 Open quotes by Kate DiCamillo. Plus more from Kate DiCamillo and more Open sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/kate-dicamillo-599_hope_a-squirrel-flies-in-said-dr-meescham-thi_271395.jpg" --- > [“A squirrel flies in," said Dr. Meescham. "This I did not expect at all. It is what I love about life, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/a-squirrel-flies-in-said-dr-meescham-this-i-did-not-expect-at-all-it/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/kate-dicamillo-599_hope_a-squirrel-flies-in-said-dr-meescham-thi_271395.jpg) > [“Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/someone-will-come-for-you-but-first-you-must-open-your-heart/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/kate-dicamillo-599_come_someone-will-come-for-you-but-first-you_882358.png) > [“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/open-your-heart-someone-will-come-someone-will-come-for-you-but-first/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/kate-dicamillo-599_come_open-your-heart-someone-will-come-someon_1173632.png) > [Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/open-your-heart-someone-will-come-someone-will-come-for-you-but-first-2/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/kate-dicamillo-599_come_open-your-heart-someone-will-come-someon_2244980.png) ## Other authors on Open ## More by Kate DiCamillo > [In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, "Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter." I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/in-luggage-claim-at-the-minneapolis-airport-the-guy-came-up-to-me-and/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/if-every-babe-who-cried-were-still-alive-well-then-the-world-would-be/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/my-father-leaving-the-family-shaped-who-i-was-and-how-i-looked-at-the/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [Reader, you may ask this queston. In fact, you must ask this question. Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/reader-you-may-ask-this-queston-in-fact-you-must-ask-this-question-is/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I tell, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/it-wasn-t-until-my-fifth-or-sixth-book-where-i-realized-i-m-trying-to/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [ \[He\] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/he-had-the-soul-of-a-poet-and-because-of-this-he-liked-very-much-to/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/everything-about-writing-is-hard-for-me-except-for-that-the-names-pop/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/reading-a-story-should-be-a-fabulous-wonderful-thing-the-most/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [You have to learn how to write each book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/you-have-to-learn-how-to-write-each-book/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/if-you-have-no-intention-of-loving-or-being-loved-then-the-whole/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-feel-like-the-luckiest-person-in-the-world-to-have-found-what-i-am/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/everything-as-you-well-know-having-lived-in-this-world-long-enough-to/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [“Dear God, thank you for warm summer nights and candlelight and good food. But thank you most of all for friends. We appreciate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/dear-god-thank-you-for-warm-summer-nights-and-candlelight-and-good/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/there-ain-t-no-point-in-making-soup-unless-others-eat-it-soup-needs/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) > [ I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate \[DiCamillo\], and we decided to write about two friends. We had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-remember-wanting-to-write-a-book-with-someone-the-someone-being/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/open/kate-dicamillo/#itemlist", "name": "4 Open Quotes By Kate DiCamillo", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A squirrel flies in,\" said Dr. Meescham. \"This I did not expect at all. It is what I love about life, that things happen which I do not expect. When I was a girl in Blundermeecen, we left the window open for this very reason, even in the winter. We did it because we believed something wonderful might make its way to us through the open window. Did wonderful things find us? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But tonight it has happened! 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