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I always wanted to be a character, when I worked at Disney, but I wasn't short enough for certain characters and I wasn't tall enough for others. I wanted to be a chipmunk I think 4'10 was the cutoff.
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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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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[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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The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.
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He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after.
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When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
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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 world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
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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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If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.
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