I have brought you half of my pancakes," said Gollie.

"And I have removed one of my outrageous socks," said Bink. "It's a compromise bonanza!

Kate DiCamillo


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Furlough?” He said.
“What?” said the first hood irritably.
Despereaux shuddered. His own brother was delivering him to the dungeon. His heart stopped beating and shrunk to a small, cold, disbelieving pebble.

Kate DiCamillo

Stichwörter: children writing-from-the-heart



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At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child.
That word, reader, was adieu...
Adieu is the French word for farewell.
“Farewell” is not the word you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods...
“Farewell” is a word that, in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.

Kate DiCamillo

Stichwörter: inspirational children writing-from-the-heart



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They lived happily ever after. It said so. In the book. They were the last words on the page. Happily ever after. Despereaux was sure that he had read exactly those words time and time again.
Lying on the floor with the drum beating and the mice shouting... Despereaux had a sudden, chilling thought: Had some other mouse eaten the words that spoke the truth? Did the knight and the fair maiden really not live happily ever after?

Kate DiCamillo

Stichwörter: inspirational children writing-from-the-heart



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A great reader makes a great writer

Kate DiCamillo


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But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.

Kate DiCamillo


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And hope is like love...a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.

Kate DiCamillo

Stichwörter: love hope



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Yes," said Cook. That is soup that you are smelling. The princess, not that you would know or care, is missing, bless her goodhearted self. and times are terrible. and when times are terrible, soup is the answer. Don't it smell like the answer?

Kate DiCamillo

Stichwörter: soup



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Desperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips.
"I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.

Kate DiCamillo

Stichwörter: honor



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Why would you save me?
Because you, mouse, can tell Gregory a story. Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.'
- A Tale of Despereaux, Kate Dicamillo - P. 81

Kate DiCamillo


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