Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

It’s hard not to immediately fall in love with a dog who has a good sense of humor.

I could see that Winn-Dixie was having a good effect on the preacher. He was making him poke his head out of his shell.

you can’t always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.

It was important to me to hear how Littmus survived after losing everything he loved.

“There ain’t no way you can hold on to something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”