Clara

“Oh,” said Sistine. And Rob realized then why he liked Sistine so much. He liked her because when she saw something beautiful, the sound of her voice changed. All the words she uttered had an oof sound to them, as if she was getting punched in the stomach. The sound was in her voice when she talked about the Sistine Chapel and when she looked at the things he carved in wood. It was there when she said the poem about the tiger burning bright, and it was there when she talked about Willie May being a prophetess. Her words sounded the way all those things made him feel, as if the world, the real world, had been punched through, so that he could see something wonderful and dazzling on the other side of it.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tiger Rising

“Because that is what it means to be alive, on this infinitesimally spinning planet. It means you have cares. Doesn't it?”
― Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home

“You can change the law but you can't change people and how they treat each other.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

“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.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home