Kate DiCamillo World Quotations

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.

Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl? The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.

Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more beauty in the world if I believe such a thing is possible.

We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?

How will the world change if we do not question it?

I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.