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I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Books
Story
Read
Language
Stories
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Demands
Loud
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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.
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Love is in all of the books, and that's the connective tissue between them. There's a lot of hope in me I can feel it. These stories are balls of light for me.
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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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