Despereaux Quote by Kate DiCamillo

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light." And because…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Despereaux thought that he might faint with the pleasure of someone referring to his ears as small and lovely. He laid his tail against…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Reader, do you believe that there is such a thing as happily ever after? Or, like Despereaux, have you, too, begun to question the…

— Kate DiCamillo

“He wondered what book he might be reading when he finally breathed his last, and determined to grab a good one as soon as…

— Andrew Peterson

“Furlough?” He said. “What?” said the first hood irritably. Despereaux shuddered. His own brother was delivering him to the dungeon. His heart stopped beating…

— Kate DiCamillo

“They lived happily ever after. It said so. In the book. They were the last words on the page. Happily ever after. Despereaux was…

— Kate DiCamillo

“It gets off to a pretty slow start, the main character does a total 180 about half way through, and the rest of the…

— Bill Seely

“You don't need to know how a story ends, but how it begins. Start writing ...and the rest of the story will write itself.”

— Jason W. Blair

“She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish…

— Louise Penny

“Well what does it matter,' he muttered when he was out in the corridor. 'Who wants to know the end of a story in…

— Cornelia Funke

“This is what you must remember: the ending of one story is just the beginning of another.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“This story is very simple, although it could have been very complicated. Also, it's incomplete, because stories like this don't have an ending.”

— Roberto Bolaño