Despereaux did not know it, but he would need, very soon, to be brave himself. - Kate DiCamillo

Her mother called to her. She said, "Where are you going, Flora Belle?" Flora didn't answer her. She never answered her mother when she called her Flora Belle. Sometimes she didn't answer her mother when she called her Flora either.

And hope is like love... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.

Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.so trthen despererux died i n heaven and in peace