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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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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Love
Broken
Terrible
Learned
Help
Helping
Heart
Thing

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The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.
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I grew up in Florida, and I wanted to go home and I couldn't. I didn't have the money. The book [The Tiger Rising] was a way to go home.
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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
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Sometimes strange and wonderful things will pop into my head. And sometimes I will see something in the world that is the beginning of a story. I always have a notebook with me so that I can write down what I see and hear.
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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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Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.
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But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.
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There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your idea from listening, looking, or imagining. Stories are everywhere. All you have to do is pay attention.
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