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Quotes from Flora & Ulysses — Kate DiCamillo

born 1964 United States

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Anything could happen. Together, she and Ulysses could change the world. Or something.

Flora & Ulysses (2013)

There is no predicting what kind of sentences you might say, thought Flora. For instance, who would ever think you would shout, "You're going to vacuum up that squirrel!"?

Flora & Ulysses (2013)

That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.

Flora & Ulysses (2013)

Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel.
Huge portions of what is loosely termed "the squirrel brain" are given over to one thought: food.
The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat.

Flora & Ulysses (2013)

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.

Flora & Ulysses (2013)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kate DiCamillo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.