"And so Despereaux was free."
"Back to the world of light." p. 164 Botticelli
Chiroscuro: Italian term "arrangement of light and dark, darkness and light together. "
Desperaux wept with joy and with pain and with gratitude. He wept with exhaustion and despair and hope..." p. 181
Egregious acts (p. 52) : conspicuous;
Flagrant. An act that is obviously wrong.
"Gregory, for instance, dreams of a world where soup is legal." p. 164
"Hope, like love ... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing." p. 13r
"I honor you!" shouted Despereaux... He was, alas, a mouse deeply in love." pp. 40-1
Jig of Joy; in the light of the one candle p. 163
"Love is ridiculous... powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous." p. 32
"Make some light. Once Upon a time..." p. 81
"No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself..." p. 217
"Once upon a time..."
Perfidy: deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.
Quest. Say it reader. Say the word "quest" out loud. It's an extraordinary word." p. 221
"Revenge is at hand" Roscuro p. 165
"Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell ... a story. Make some light." ~ Gregory p. 82
"Topsy-tuvy, wrong-headed world." p. 40 "They say he was born with his eyes open." p. 51
"Unbelievable! Unthinable!" p. 35
Vicious cycles p. 128
"Wept with all the emotions a young mouse who has been sent to his death and the delivered from it in time to save his beloved can feel." p. 181
eXtraordinary word [quest] p. 221
"You must know that an interesting fate ...awaits almost everyone ... who does not conform." p. 25
"You have lovely ears... they are like ... velvet." p. 37
"Zip. Zero. Nada. Goose eggs." p. 223
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