But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.
Kate DiCamilloWhile we were working, we were writing about a tall girl and a short girl, which we thought was funny, because Alison's [McGhee] tall and I'm short.
Kate DiCamilloThat you can go anywhere in America and get a book from a library is just the most amazing thing in the world. It's not a duty; it's a privilege and it's a joy. That joy is doubled and tripled and quadrupled if you read with other people.
Kate DiCamilloThat is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
Kate DiCamilloThe Watsons have lost sight of the fact that Mercy Watson is a pig, and they love her truly, madly, deeply. They live next door to two elderly sisters, Eugenia Lincoln and Baby Lincoln. Eugenia Lincoln is horrified that a pig is living in the house next door. Baby Lincoln secretly likes Mercy a great deal.
Kate DiCamillo