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Merlot.
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It was important to me to hear how Littmus survived after losing everything he loved.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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How can a story end happily if there is no love?
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He said, 'I forgive you, Pa." And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself." --
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Did Rob make it?" Sistine asked Willie May. "He did," said Willie May. "It looks alive. Is it like your bird that you let go?"
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Kate DiCamillo |
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How do you know if you are a writer? For once, I am going to answer a question as directly as I am able. My answer goes like this. You know that you are a writer if you are imaginative. You know that you are a writer if you are curious. You know that you are a writer if you are interested in the things and people of the world. You know that you are a writer if you hold a minie ball in your hand and wonder about its story. You know that you ..
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Franny, you are the genuine article. You are solid. You are certain. You are like a refrigerator. You hum.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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I have been loved said Edward to the stars.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Botticelli sat
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Everything was astonishing. The setting sun was illuminating each blade of grass. It was reflecting off the girl's glasses, making a halo of light around the girl's round head, setting the whole world on fire.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Edward? Yes yes yes. It is me. Edward thought.
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I forgive you..." And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself. ... And then the princess took a deep breath and put a hand on her heart. I think, reader, that she was feeling the same thing that Despereaux had felt when he was faced with his father begging him for forgiveness. That is, Pea, was aware suddenly..
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Kate DiCamillo |
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food.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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thoughts of food.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Open your heart," she said gently. "Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart."
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Kate DiCamillo |
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This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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It's kind of a strange church and I thought Winn-Dixie would fit right in.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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store?" "Yes sir," I told him. "He got in by mistake. I'm sorry. It won't happen again. "Come on, Winn-Dixie," I said to the dog. I started walking and he followed along behind me as I went out of the produce department and down the cereal aisle and past all the cashiers and out the door. Once we were safe outside, I checked him over real careful and he didn't look that good. He was big, but skinny; you could see his ribs. And there were ba..
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Do gooders don't interest me. They are the least interesting people on the planet.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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preacher
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Fear is a big waste of time.
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But I'm not ready to let Winn-Dixie go.
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friendship
love
ínpirational
grief-and-loss
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hygienist. But
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I made you something,
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As they walked back to the Kentucky Star, Rob thought about what Willie May had said about the tiger rising on up. It reminded him of what she had said about his sadness needing to rise up. And when he thought about the two things together, the tiger and his sadness, the truth circled over and above him and then came and landed lightly on his shoulder. He knew what he had to do.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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He must, he realized, know somewhere, deep inside him, more things than he had ever dreamed of.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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installment
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Kate DiCamillo |
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leave you alone.
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Hey, disease boy!" Norton shouted. "We know what you got. It's called"
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Kate DiCamillo |
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leprosy.
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purposefully
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Kate DiCamillo |
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tiger eating Norton and Billy Threemonger and then spitting out their bones.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Thank you.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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situation
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How come you don't have a phone?" Rob shrugged. "Ain't got nobody to call,"
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Kate DiCamillo |
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squat
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Kate DiCamillo |
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them back. Sometimes, I hit them first." "Oh,"
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Kate DiCamillo |
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it could not be proven whether God existed, one might as well believe that he did, because there was everything to gain by believing and nothing to lose.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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Below him, the lamplighter was lighting the lamps that lined the wide avenue.
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Kate DiCamillo |
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thought. "You want some macaroni"
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Kate DiCamillo |
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and cheese
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Kate DiCamillo |
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And he knew, suddenly and absolutely, that the baby he held in his arms was his sister, Adele. When
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Kate DiCamillo |
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That night,
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I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," Sistine said, "home of the Liberty Bell, and I hate the South because the people in it are ignorant. And I'm not staying here in Lister. My father is coming to get me next week." She looked around the room defiantly. "Well," said Mrs. Soames, "thank you very much for introducing yourself, Sistine Bailey. You may take your seat before you put your foot in your mouth any farther." The" --
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