Sacred Task of Making Hearts Large

Kate DiCamillo is the author of more than 25 books for children, including Tale of Desperate, Flora and Ulysses, and Because of Winn-Dixie. And talking about children’s literature and the responsibility of writing an ending for a children’s book that rings true, she said,

We have been given this sacred task of making hearts large through story. We are working to make hearts that are capable of containing much joy and much sorrow, hearts capacious enough to contain the complexities and mysteries of ourselves and of each other.

Grant, I just thought that was so lovely.

That is very lovely. The sacred task of making hearts large.

Yeah. Yeah. Capacious, you know, you have to be able to embrace the joy and the sorrow. I just thought that was a beautiful way of writing about books for children.

I would expect the author of those books to come up with those phrases.

Yes. Of course. The author’s name again is Kate DiCamillo. And you can share your favorite quotations about literature with us, words@waywordradio.org.