Quotes From "The Tale Of Despereaux" By Kate Dicamillo

Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or is it (as the soldier said about happiness) something that you might just as well do, since, in the end, it really makes no difference to anyone but you? Kate Dicamillo

Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end... Kate Dicamillo

The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him. Kate Dicamillo

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

The story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light. Kate Dicamillo

The April sun, weak but determined, shone through a castle window and from there squeezed itself through a small hole in the wall and placed one golden finger on the little mouse. Kate Dicamillo

He said, 'I forgive you, Pa."And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself. Kate Dicamillo

Once upon a time, " he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him. Kate Dicamillo

There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it. Kate Dicamillo

Stories are light. Kate Dicamillo

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