383 Quotes by Kate DiCamillo

Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.

Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.

She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved.

I intended only lilies. That was my intention: a bouquet of lilies. - The Magician

But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn

Magic is always impossible. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That's why it is magic.

He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again.

All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.

Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)