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The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.
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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Her sister, Holly McGhee, is an agent, and she's my agent in New York. She's Alison's agent too. Even though Alison lives here in Minneapolis, I met Alison through Holly, when Holly came to Minneapolis to visit Alison.
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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
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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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