A friend of mine said Winn-Dixie is the way that people want the world to be and Tiger Rising is the way that it is.

I'm continually astonished with myself how different people bring out things in me that I never knew I had inside me. Each new friendship can make you a new person, because it opens up new doors inside of you.

Look at me, he said to her. His arms and legs jerked. Look at me. You got your wish. I have learned how to love. And it’s a terrible thing. I’m broken. My heart is broken. Help me. The old woman turned and hobbled away. Come back, thought Edward. Fix me

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.

But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.

The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.