You are the ever-expanding universe to me
Kate DiCamilloQuest. Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" lout loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.
Kate DiCamilloTags: children-s-literature
She said the words, and then she had a strange moment of seeing them, hanging there over her head.
"You're going to vacuum up that squirrel!"
There is just no predicting what kind of sentences you might say, thought Flora. For instance, who would ever think you would shout, "You're going to vacuum up that squirrel!"?
Tags: words language squirrels sentences vacuums speaking
William Spiver said that the universe was expanding…that means there will be more of everything! More cheese puffs, more jelly sandwiches, more words, more poems, more love. And more giant donuts…maybe even gianter donuts. Is gianter a word? It should be.
Kate DiCamilloFlora’s heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her.
Kate DiCamilloA squirrel flies in," said Dr. Meescham. "This I did not expect at all. It is what I love about life, that things happen which I do not expect. When I was a girl in Blundermeecen, we left the window open for this very reason, even in the winter. We did it because we believed something wonderful might make its way to us through the open window. Did wonderful things find us? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But tonight it has happened! Something wonderful!" Dr. Meescham clapped her hands. "A window has been left open. A squirrel flies in the window. The heart of an old woman rejoices!
Kate DiCamilloTags: hope openness window open
The words were good words, Ulysses felt, maybe even great words, but the list was very incomplete. He was just getting started. The words needed to be arranged, fussed with, put in the order of his heart.
Kate DiCamilloTags: words poetry writing heart
That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.
Kate DiCamilloDon't we all live in our heads? Where else could we possibly exist? Our brains are the universe.
Kate DiCamilloBah, cynics," said Dr. Meescham. "Cynics are people who are afraid to believe.
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