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There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Better
Little
Made
Mouse
Men
Mice
Soup
Culinary
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I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.
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When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
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I write two pages - that's all I write. It takes me about an hour. I've learned that's all I'm capable of and to push myself beyond that is foolhardy. It's a very delicate thing, and I will not abuse it. So I write two pages, then I get up from the computer.
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In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter. I wrote that on a scrap of paper and put it above my desk. That was the thing that pushed me through to the end of telling Despereaux, that comment, Maybe they do...maybe stories matter.
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Love is in all of the books, and that's the connective tissue between them. There's a lot of hope in me I can feel it. These stories are balls of light for me.
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It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is for them to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.
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While 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.
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At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux's feet.
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We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?
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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 think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.
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The origin of each story is unique.
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In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.
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In my stories for children, I sometimes show a hard, harsh, dangerous world. I'm going to show you the way it is, but I'm going to also tell you that there's every reason to hope.
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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
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