Kate DiCamillo Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. March 25, 1964
Birthday: March 25
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.
source: Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.183, Candlewick Press
topic: Light, Two, Long, Despereaux, Not Pretty
