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As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Things
Open
World
Books
Understand
Kids
Stills
Deepen
Still
Helped
Book
Looked
Heart
Changed

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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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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.
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When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that I get a better book in the end. I can't say I'm happy when I read that editorial letter. It is always a little painful and scary. But I have learned that - bit by bit - I can make the changes and do the work.
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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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