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Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.
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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I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.
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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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If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.
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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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