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The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an unlikely hero, a mouse, who falls in love with a princess and then must save her. It's a triumph of the human spirit, via a mouse.
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I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.
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I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
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Love, as we have already discussed, is a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving mountains. And spools of thread.
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This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do see me, and they're with a kid, they'll tell the kid who I am. They think they should give that to the kid. So generally that sends the kid over.
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Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.
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You don't realize what you're going to get, and you can't prepare yourself for it.
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I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language.
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The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show up and what form they're going to be in. Stories emerge from keeping your heart open to the people that cross in front of you or the dogs or the mice, and their ability to open you up and enrich your life.
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No one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.
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The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me.
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[A businessmen in plane after 9\11] asked me, What are you working on now? And I said I was writing a story about a mouse who tries to save a princess. I was mortified. Here the world is falling down around us, and I'm trying to tell the story about a mouse who saves a princess. I said It doesn't matter at all now.
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How will the world change if we do not question it?
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There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, I think that you might like this one [book]. So I'm grateful every time that happens. It's an amazing thing that people care that passionately.
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Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)
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When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
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Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.
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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
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It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.
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