Kate DiCamillo - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006)

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During the night, while Bull and Lucy slept, Edward, with ever-open eyes, stared up at the constellations. He said their names, and then he said the names of the people who loved him. He started with Abilene, and then went on to Nellie and Lawrence and from there to Bull and Lucy, and then he ended again with Abilene: Abilene, Nellie, Lawrence, Bull, Lucy, Abilene. See? Edward told Pellegrina. I am not like the princess. I know about love.

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You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

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Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her.

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Look at me, he said to her. His arms and legs jerked. Look at me. You got your wish. I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me. The old woman turned and hobbled away. Come back, thought Edward. Fix me

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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.

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Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.

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If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.

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Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still.

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But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.

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Once there was a princess who was very beautiful. She shone bright as the stars on a moonless night. But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? None. No difference." Why did it make no difference?" asked Abilene. Because," said Pellegrina, "She was a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her.

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They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere

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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?

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