As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
A friend of mine said Winn-Dixie is the way that people want the world to be and Tiger Rising is the way… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Writing at home and then going out into the world to talk about why books matter to me feeds the writing. It's… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Have you, in truth, ever seen something so heartbreakingly lovely? What are we to make of a world where stars shine bright… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think our job is to trust our readers. I think our job is to see and to let ourselves be seen.… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In The Tale of Despereaux, there is a lot of darkness, a lot of despair. There's also a lot of light, redemption,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In my stories for children, I sometimes show a hard, harsh, dangerous world. I'm going to show you the way it is,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There's this amplification that happens anytime you tell a story. You let it go out into the world. It's the most beautiful… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
... every time you look at the world and the people in it closely, lovingly, imaginatively, it changes you. The world, under… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
So here I am, sending a two-ounce mouse down into a dungeon with a sewing needle to save a human princess, and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it? — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
If you read, the world is your oyster. It truly is. Reading makes everything possible. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I get my inspiration from looking at the world and paying attention to people and just looking closely. Also from reading. I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Sometimes strange and wonderful things will pop into my head. And sometimes I will see something in the world that is the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
That you can go anywhere in America and get a book from a library is just the most amazing thing in the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there.… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
[A businessmen in plane after 9\11] asked me, "What are you working on now?" And I said I was writing a story… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
![“The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get broken. But the book also says that's okay. That's the only way to live a truly human life - with your heart getting broken - and eventually getting…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/677/kate-dicamillo-599_book_the-book-the-miraculous-journey-of-edwar_223834.jpg)
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![“[A businessmen in plane after 9\11] asked me, "What are you working on now?" And I said I was writing a story about a mouse who tries to save a princess. I was mortified. Here the world is falling down around us, and I'm trying to tell the story about a mouse who saves a princess. I said "It…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cfe/kate-dicamillo-599_businessman_a-businessmen-in-plane-after-9-11-asked_2918488.jpg)
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