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It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.Kate Dicamillo
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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.Kate Dicamillo
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There, " she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?Kate Dicamillo
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What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic.Kate Dicamillo
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But that is impossible, " said Peter."Magic is always impossible, " said the magician. "It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it is magic.Kate Dicamillo
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He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again.Kate Dicamillo
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Gloria put a bowl of stew in Peter's hands. "Eat, " she said. Peter raised the spoon to his lips. He chewed. He swallowed. It had been a long time since he had eaten anything besides tiny fish and old bread. And so when Peter had his first bite of stew, it overwhelmed him. The warmth of it, the richness of it, knocked him backward; it was as if a gentle hand had pushed him when he was not expecting it. Everything he had lost came flooding back: the garden, his father, his mother, his sister, the promises that he had made and could not keep." What's this?" said Gloria Matienne. "The boy is crying."" Shhh, " said Leo. He put his hand on Peter's shoulder. "Shhh. Don't worry, Peter. Everything will be good. All will be well. We will do together whatever it is that needs to be done. But for now, you must eat." Peter nodded. He raised his spoon. Again he chewed and swallowed, and again he was overcome. He could not help it. He could not stop the tears; they flowed down his cheeks and into the bowl. "It is a very good stew, Madam Matienne. he managed to say. "Truly, it is an excellent stew.Kate Dicamillo
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He knew how to construct a song out of the nothing of day-to-day life and how to sing that nothing into a song so beautiful that it could sustain the vision of a whole and better world.Kate Dicamillo