Katherine Applegate > Quotes

“We smell feelings, too. Sad has a sharp scent, with an undertone of sweetness. Sad smells like being lost in a winter forest as the sun goes down. And happy? Happy is the best, but there’s a touch of wistfulness around the edges. Happy smells like bacon ice cream served up in an expensive leather shoe.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“That’s plenty. Imaginary friends are like books. We’re created, we’re enjoyed, we’re dog-eared and creased, and then we’re tucked away until we’re needed again.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“Sería más sencillo prometerle dejar de comer, dejar de respirar, dejar de ser un gorila.”
― Katherine Applegate, El único e incomparable Iván

“If the choice is between being a killer and being a slave, be a killer.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

“Hassan.”
― Katherine Applegate, Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs

“like an ugly bird.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan & Bob ebook collection

“Take a deep breath and think about pineapples,” Aunt Kinyani advises. “That always helps me.” I do as she says. But I do not really like pineapples, so I am still sad.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“I wanted to make Stella happy, I guess. But I can’t save Ruby. I can’t even save myself.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“He thought too much about what he ought to say, he knew that. He looked too long for the perfect words and ended up saying nothing at all. But what did you say at the end of the world?”
― Katherine Applegate, The Mayflower Project

“Sometimes nothing is the worst sound in the world.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Fear can make you panic. But sometimes it floods your body like cobra venom and leaves you frozen. “I watched, helpless, as the insect settled on the ground.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“(Are you okay?) Tobias asked.
I raised my hand to look at it. Fingers. Five of them.
"I don't know? Am I okay?”
― Katherine Applegate

“we’d”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“No way,” Bob says, still doubtful.”
― Katherine Applegate, Ivan & Friends 2-Book Collection: The One and Only Ivan and The One and Only Bob

“I'm a real cat.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“I always tell the truth,' Stella says. 'Although I sometimes confuse the facts.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“We move in tiny bits, cell by cell, roots inching farther, buds nudged into the sunlight.”
― Katherine Applegate , Wishtree

“But hope is hard work.
When I was a child, I hoped to fly.
That was a silly, easy wish.
Now my wishes are bigger,
the hopes of a man,
and they take much tending,
like seedlings in rough sun.
Now I hope to make my new life work,
to root to this good, hard land
forever.”
― Katherine Applegate

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
― Katherine Applegate, Odder

“elephant,”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“noticed several weird things about the surfboarding cat. Thing number one: He was a surfboarding cat. Thing number two: He was wearing a T-shirt. It said CATS RULE, DOGS DROOL. Thing number three: He was holding a closed umbrella, like he was worried about getting wet. Which, when you think about it, is kind of not the point of surfing.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw Chapter Sampler

“sister Robin”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw Chapter Sampler

“Diver said something to me, about how it's amazing love ever happens at all. Think about it. Two people have to get their brains and their hearts and . . . other elements of their anatomy . . . all in sync. And then the circumstances of their lives have to be in sync too.”
― Katherine Applegate, Tan Lines: Sand, Surf, and Secrets / Rays, Romance, and Rivalry / Beaches, Boys, and Betrayal

“always”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“calm like a cobra is calm.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan & Bob ebook collection

“The Mayflower didn't represent a real chance, it represented death delayed. Or death unnoticed, unremarked: Death deprived of all the drama and majesty of the shattering, fiery annihilation that was being prepared by that cold-blooded killer Mother Nature”
― Katherine Applegate, The Mayflower Project

“Frank and Beans,”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“Maya's a zoologist, which is a hoity-toity way of saying she has a thing for animals.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Hey, I’m Marisol,” said the girl. I’d seen her at recess before. She had long, dark, crazy hair and an unusually large smile. “I have a Tyrannosaurus backpack just like yours. I’m going to be a paleontologist when I grow up, which means—” “I know what it means,” I said. “I want to be one too. Or maybe a bat scientist.” Her smile got even bigger. “I’m Jackson,” I said, and I stood. When I looked around me, I realized that Crenshaw had vanished.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“honest I’m not hurt. Banged up a little, sure. But nothing major. And I don’t howl for long. But it’s what I do. Like I said, I ain’t a saint. But at least I’m honest about my failings.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob