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fee3422	THE DAYS PASSED. THE SUN ROSE and set and rose and set again and again. Sometimes the		Kate DiCamillo
d4e6744	She had on a spangled top that sparkled like fish scales. Her hair was very yellow. She looked like a mermaid in a bad mood. (p. 82 RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE)		Kate DiCamillo
83bb074	Quest. Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" lout loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope."		Kate DiCamillo
b30f6af	Louisiana stood up again. She was holding Bunny close to her chest. She faced forward. 'Go faster,' she said. 'Are you kidding?' said Beverly. 'Who do you think you are? Some kind of queen? We're pushing as hard as we can. This grocery cart is worthless. It's like the wheels aren't even wheels. It's like they're squares or something.		Kate DiCamillo
602e1a0	Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone.	loss pets	Kate DiCamillo
791c80b	though Peter. 'Eat,' said Leo Matienne again, very gently. Peter looked the truth of what he had lost full in the face. And then he ate.	grief loss family food	Kate DiCamillo
0ff003a	you got to remember, you can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.		Kate DiCamillo
fac99d4	absolutely		Kate DiCamillo
cceb242	But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn		Kate DiCamillo
f10a592	He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate.		Kate DiCamillo
f80118b	You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they're doing now.		Kate DiCamillo
07a66a6	Stall! Delay! Obfuscate! "Let's," said Flora."		Kate DiCamillo
f8831c3	How many times, Edward wondered, would he have to leave without getting the chance to say goodbye?		Kate DiCamillo
5cc8beb	loved		Kate DiCamillo
1066e9a	I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart		Kate DiCamillo
ed4d43c	Beware of the brokenhearted," said the grandmother, "for they will lead you astray."		Kate DiCamillo
89be8e3	sight		Kate DiCamillo
6273e4b	At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child. That word, reader, was adieu... Adieu is the French word for farewell.	inspirational writing-from-the-heart	Kate DiCamillo
27a800d	To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of night. To hum to you. This is love.		Kate DiCamillo
9e3f3f5	the story of an unlikely hero		Kate DiCamillo
08d1eab	And perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.		Kate DiCamillo
e910722	Reader, you may ask this question; in fact, you must ask this question: Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea? The answer, is...yes. Of course, it's ridiculous. Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful.		Kate DiCamillo
a711204	If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.		Kate DiCamillo
5ea168d	There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.		Kate DiCamillo
65cef12	I ask you, why is it so hard to stay away from the euphemisms? They creep in, always, and attempt to make the difficult things more pleasing.		Kate DiCamillo
ff2745d	know to be a safe port in a storm?" Flora suddenly remembered her dream, how warm William Spiver's hand had felt in her own. She blushed. Whom did she trust? Good grief, she trusted William Spiver."		Kate DiCamillo
4878c45	Magic is always impossible. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That's why it is magic.	fantasy illustrations	Kate DiCamillo
3a634f8	If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless		Kate DiCamillo
194786f	I have been loved, Edward told the stars.		Kate DiCamillo
cdceeba	Sometimes, it seemed like everybody in the world was lonely.		Kate DiCamillo
fe088d4	Here is something I have learned: you should never expect help from someone who perpetually has their hair in curlers.		Kate DiCamillo
02f1a65	Flora hated the phrase "correct me if I'm wrong." In her experience, people only said it when they knew they were right."		Kate DiCamillo
5b9b284	It was astonishing, really, what people could live through. Flora felt cheered up all of a sudden, just thinking about eating seal blubber and doing impossible things, surviving when the odds were against her and her squirrel. They		Kate DiCamillo
c26b935	There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or, if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.		Kate DiCamillo
aa21ddc	And that, after all, is how it ended. Quietly. In a world muffled by the gentle, forgiving hand of snow.		Kate DiCamillo
8f2f82a	So much happiness!" said Dr. Meescham. "This is how it was when I was a girl in Blundermeecen. Like this. Always opening the door in the middle of the night and finding the face of someone you wanted to see. Well, not always. Sometimes it was the face of someone you did not want to see. But always, always in Blundermeecen, you opened the door because you could not stop hoping that on the other side of it would be the face of someone you lov..		Kate DiCamillo
9b2e35b	You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.		Kate DiCamillo
db221cc	greatly. If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless.		Kate DiCamillo
a067df4	Where had Mrs. Borkowski's should gone? (p. 139)		Kate DiCamillo
2e44e6b	What you giving me them shifty-eyed looks for?		Kate DiCamillo
5f07ae7	A what?" said Willie May."		Kate DiCamillo
4fa08c1	she gave her a good clout to the ear.		Kate DiCamillo
ae4cf21	composed		Kate DiCamillo
e3b665d	Kentucky		Kate DiCamillo

THE DAYS PASSED. THE SUN ROSE and set and rose and set again and again. Sometimes the

Kate DiCamillo

d4e6744

She had on a spangled top that sparkled like fish scales. Her hair was very yellow. She looked like a mermaid in a bad mood. (p. 82 RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE)

Kate DiCamillo

83bb074

Quest. Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" lout loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope."

Kate DiCamillo

b30f6af

Louisiana stood up again. She was holding Bunny close to her chest. She faced forward. 'Go faster,' she said. 'Are you kidding?' said Beverly. 'Who do you think you are? Some kind of queen? We're pushing as hard as we can. This grocery cart is worthless. It's like the wheels aren't even wheels. It's like they're squares or something.

Kate DiCamillo

602e1a0

Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone.

loss pets

Kate DiCamillo

791c80b

though Peter. 'Eat,' said Leo Matienne again, very gently. Peter looked the truth of what he had lost full in the face. And then he ate.

grief loss family food

Kate DiCamillo

0ff003a

you got to remember, you can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.

Kate DiCamillo

fac99d4

absolutely

Kate DiCamillo

cceb242

But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn

Kate DiCamillo

f10a592

He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate.

Kate DiCamillo

f80118b

You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they're doing now.

Kate DiCamillo

07a66a6

Stall! Delay! Obfuscate! "Let's," said Flora."

Kate DiCamillo

f8831c3

How many times, Edward wondered, would he have to leave without getting the chance to say goodbye?

Kate DiCamillo

5cc8beb

loved

Kate DiCamillo

1066e9a

I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart

Kate DiCamillo

ed4d43c

Beware of the brokenhearted," said the grandmother, "for they will lead you astray."

Kate DiCamillo

89be8e3

sight

Kate DiCamillo

6273e4b

At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child. That word, reader, was adieu... Adieu is the French word for farewell.

inspirational writing-from-the-heart

Kate DiCamillo

27a800d

To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of night. To hum to you. This is love.

Kate DiCamillo

9e3f3f5

the story of an unlikely hero

Kate DiCamillo

08d1eab

And perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.

Kate DiCamillo

e910722

Reader, you may ask this question; in fact, you must ask this question: Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea? The answer, is...yes. Of course, it's ridiculous. Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful.

Kate DiCamillo

a711204

If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.

Kate DiCamillo

5ea168d

There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.

Kate DiCamillo

65cef12

I ask you, why is it so hard to stay away from the euphemisms? They creep in, always, and attempt to make the difficult things more pleasing.

Kate DiCamillo

ff2745d

know to be a safe port in a storm?" Flora suddenly remembered her dream, how warm William Spiver's hand had felt in her own. She blushed. Whom did she trust? Good grief, she trusted William Spiver."

Kate DiCamillo

4878c45

Magic is always impossible. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That's why it is magic.

fantasy illustrations

Kate DiCamillo

3a634f8

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

Kate DiCamillo

194786f

I have been loved, Edward told the stars.

Kate DiCamillo

cdceeba

Sometimes, it seemed like everybody in the world was lonely.

Kate DiCamillo

fe088d4

Here is something I have learned: you should never expect help from someone who perpetually has their hair in curlers.

Kate DiCamillo

02f1a65

Flora hated the phrase "correct me if I'm wrong." In her experience, people only said it when they knew they were right."

Kate DiCamillo

5b9b284

It was astonishing, really, what people could live through. Flora felt cheered up all of a sudden, just thinking about eating seal blubber and doing impossible things, surviving when the odds were against her and her squirrel. They

Kate DiCamillo

c26b935

There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or, if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.

Kate DiCamillo

aa21ddc

And that, after all, is how it ended. Quietly. In a world muffled by the gentle, forgiving hand of snow.

Kate DiCamillo

8f2f82a

So much happiness!" said Dr. Meescham. "This is how it was when I was a girl in Blundermeecen. Like this. Always opening the door in the middle of the night and finding the face of someone you wanted to see. Well, not always. Sometimes it was the face of someone you did not want to see. But always, always in Blundermeecen, you opened the door because you could not stop hoping that on the other side of it would be the face of someone you lov..