Kate DiCamillo Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. March 25, 1964
Birthday: March 25
At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux's feet.
source: Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.64, Candlewick Press
topic: Beautiful, Mother, Disappointment, Despereaux
