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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.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
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I'm grateful for every teacher or librarian who reads a book and says, This is exactly the book that so-and-so needs to read I'll get it in his hands. I'm amazed at the network of adults who make sure that kids get books.
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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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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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That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
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The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.
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Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing I wanted to be a Writer.
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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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I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.
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... 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.
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All of that loneliness and longing in my heart got transferred into the book Because of Winn-Dixie, I guess.
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I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun. The phone starts to ring, and the rest of the day is spent dealing with the business of writing. My workday is done at about 3:00.
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The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get broken. But the book also says that's okay. That's the only way to live a truly human life - with your heart getting broken - and eventually getting flooded with love.
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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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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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