Kate DiCamillo

"Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.so trthen despererux died i n heaven and in peace"

"There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it."

"It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it."

"Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing."

"If the rat had not looked over his shoulder, perhaps his heart would not have broken. And it is possible, then, that I would not have a story to tell. But, reader, he did look."

"There is those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves is a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman."

"That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea."

"When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about."