Kate DiCamillo Quotes

The more I learn about things, I realise how wrong I was before.

I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

Every year, I appreciate life more because of the deeper understanding of what it took to get this far.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

It's so crazy to look at your life and see how far you've come.

I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever.

Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

I'm interested in where we are, where we're going, where we've come from.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

When you have a fresh point of view that comes from the right side of the heart, it's just so valuable. You can take it or not take it, but just that perspective can give you a lot of strength or make you reflect on a lot of things.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

The great thing in this word is not so much where we stand, as in which direction we are moving.

A man can be wiser today than he was yesterday.

I have learnt a lot from my past experience.

I've learned my lessons, but I'm also still learning them.

Sometimes one misses the sign posts as you're going down the road. They aren't as obvious as they become when you get to the end of the road, so to speak.

You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.