Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)
Kate DiCamillo... every time you look at the world and the people in it closely, lovingly, imaginatively, it changes you. The world, under the microscope of your attention, opens up like a beautiful, strange flower and gives itself back to you in ways you could never imagine.
Kate DiCamilloDo you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?โ โMmmm-hmmm,โ said Gloria. She closed her eyes. โI believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.
Kate DiCamilloThe sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.
Kate DiCamilloFarewellโ is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by 2 oversize mice in black hoods. Words that you would like to hear are โTake me instead, I will go to the dungeon in my sons place.โ There is a great deal of comfort in those words.
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