“Despereaux," she whispered.
And then she shouted it, "Despereaux!"
Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.
Nothing.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
And then she shouted it, "Despereaux!"
Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.
Nothing.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
“Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing.
And a ridiculous thing, too.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
And a ridiculous thing, too.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
“I'm happy to be going," said Mig, putting a hand up and gently touching one of her cauliflower ears.
"Might just as well be happy, seeing as it doesn't make a difference to anyone but you if you are or not," said the soldier.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
"Might just as well be happy, seeing as it doesn't make a difference to anyone but you if you are or not," said the soldier.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
“Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
“The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
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