| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 548ce18 | "Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him." | darkness despereaux | Kate DiCamillo | |
| dd81962 | the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light. | violence light despereaux | Kate DiCamillo |