Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.”
“The world went on. People left and people died and people went to memorial services and put orange blocks of cheese into their purses. People confessed to you that they were hungry all the time. And then you got up in the morning and pretended that none of it had happened.”
“It was the strangest things, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul.”
“There was something scary about watching adults sleep. It was as if no one at all were in charge of the world.”
“...you never know what's going to happen next. It keeps you on your toes. That's what Granny says. And it's important to be on your toes because you just never know what might happen next in this world.”
“Oh, my goodness,” said Louisiana. “I’m just all filled up with feathers and regrets. And fears. I have a lot of fears.”
“She herself often felt too terrified to go on, but she had never admitted it out loud”
“If the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Wishes were dangerous things. That was the idea you got from fairy tales.”
“Inside the magic globe that Florence Nightingale carries, there are wishes and hopes and love. And all of these things are very tiny and also very bright. And there are thousands of wishes and hopes and love things, and they move around in the magic globe, and that’s what Florence uses to see by. That is how she sees soldiers who have fallen on the battlefield of life.”
“Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone.”
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Book Keywords:
trust, animal-shelters, empathy, loss, love, fear, poverty, adults, hope, growing-up, pets, wishes, perserverance
