Edward Tulane Quotes

“But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love?”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

“Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart...”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

“I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

“He was glad to be alive.
... In fact, Edward Tulane was so happy to be back among the living that he did not even take umbrage at being referred to as "it.”
― Kate DiCamillo

“And Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. Before, when Abilene talked to him, everything has seemed so boring, so pointless. But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said. It made him wonder if some of the mush from the ocean floor had gotten inside his china head and damaged him somehow.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane