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Louisiana's Way Home

Kate DiCamillo

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.”

“The world was beautiful. It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. In spite of all the lies, it was beautiful.”

“What matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down, but who picks us up.”

“I don’t know, Louisiana. I can’t see into the future. I do think that, more often than not, love has a way of finding us.”

“He was the kind of person who, if you asked him for one of something, gave you two instead.”

“Because that is what it means to be alive, on this infinitesimally spinning planet. It means you have cares. Doesn't it?”

“You have a gift, Louisiana, and the more of yourself you put into the song, the more powerful—the more truthful—the song becomes.”

“Here is something I have learned: you should never expect help from someone who perpetually has their hair in curlers.”

“He looked at me, and, my goodness, his eyes were bright, and it occurred to me that they were probably so bright because he had never had to ask himself who he was or where he belonged or who he wanted to be.”

“What matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks up.”

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Book Keywords:

resilience, middle-school, hope

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