Katherine Applegate > Quotes

“Love is alcohol.”
― Katherine Applegate

“Humans. Violent but peace-loving. Passionate but cerebral. Humane but cruel. Impulsive but calculating. Generous but selfish. Humans. Altogether a contradictory and deeply flawed species. And yet...And yet, somehow I knew that they represented the best hope of the galaxy. Perhaps the only hope.”
― katherine applegate, The Sacrifice

“It is a great gift indeed to love who you are.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“And that's how we ended up discovering the evil horses that threatened all of humanity.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Unknown

“I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rain forest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Death's gruesome face taunts:
soulless eyes, crimson grimace.
I really hate clowns.”
― Katherine Applegate

“But hunger, like food, comes in many shapes and colors.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“My visitors are often surprised when they see the TV Mack put in my domain. They seem to find it odd, the sight of a gorilla staring at tiny humans in a box. Sometimes I wonder, though: Isn't the way they stare at me, sitting in my tiny box, just as strange?”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Oh, it's just a trash can. Chill out." (Marco) BAM! BAM! BAM! "Okay, so it's four trash cans," (Marco) " BAM! BAM! BAM! "Do you hate trash cans? Is that your problem? Do you just HATE TRASH CANS?!!" (Jake)”
― Katherine Applegate

“Anger is precious. A silverback uses his anger to maintain order and warn his troop of danger. When my father beat his chest, it was to say, Beware, listen, I am in charge. I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do.

Here in my domain, there is no one to protect.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Full emergency power to the engines. Ram the Blade ship.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Beginning

“Making others feel safe is a fine way to spend your days.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“I was Jake's insurance policy. He thought maybe he wouldn't have to use me. He hoped, anyway. But down deep he knew, and I knew, and we both hid the truth from the others because Cassie couldn't let Jake make that decision, and Tobias couldn't let me, and those two, by loving us, would have screwed everything up. It was a war, after all. A war we had to win.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Beginning

“It's OAT-freaking-MEAL!”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Underground

“Ah." Ax nodded. "She does not understand how menacing we are." He tapped her on the shoulder. "You do not know me," he said, "but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdiness and vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow and I am causing mayhem in this store." He reached behind her and pulled three jars of baby food from the top shelf. Shoved them behind a box of macaroni. Shuffled the Chess Whizzed in front of the Marshmallow Fluff. Tossed a bag of lady's shavers onto a bag of hamburger buns. "There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened." "If she could see you, she'd have you committed," Marco muttered.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Diversion

“Pain is life. Life is pain.”
― K.A. Applegate, The Resistance

“Romance
Make eye contact.
Show your form.
Strut.
Grunt.
Throw a stick.
Grunt some more.
Make some moves.
Romance is hard work.
It looks easy on TV.
I'm not sure I will ever get the hang of it.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“When you forgive, you lose your anger, and when you lose your anger, you get weak.
And when you're weak, you can get hurt all over again.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Ninety percent of the trouble in this world comes from guys who think they have something to prove.”
― Katherine Applegate, Land of Loss

“About chocolate: "This is what laughing tastes like.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“But sometimes things happen that aren’t so good. When they occur, I’ve learned that there’s not much you can do except stand tall and reach deep.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Humans. Rats have bigger hearts. Roaches have kinder souls. Flies have-”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Everyone has parents. It's unavoidable.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Hollows are proof that something bad can become something good with enough time and care and hope" -Red”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“All day, I watch humans scurry from store to store. They pass their green paper, dry as old leaves and smelling of a thousand hands, back and forth and back again.

They hunt frantically, stalking, pushing, grumbling. Then they leave, clutching bags filled with things - bright things, soft things, big things - but no matter how full the bags, they always come back for more.

Humans are clever indeed. They spin pink clouds you can eat. They build domains with flat waterfalls.

But they are lousy hunters.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Besides, the more you listen, the more you learn.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“What's love? Something that lasts a week or a month and that's all you can except? Or is it just that some loves have a short shelf life? You know, like yogurt: after a week or two they go bad.
And how do you recognize the other kind of love, the kind that isn't like yogurt? The kind that's more like... I don't know, like peanut butter, that lasts forever and always tastes good?”
― Katherine Applegate

“So, there we were. The five of us - Marco, Tobias, Rachel, Cassie, and me. Five normal mallrats heading home.
Sometimes I think about that one, last moment when we were still just normal kids. It's like it was a million years ago, like it was some totally different group of kids. You know what I was afraid of right then? I was afraid of admitting to Tom that I hadn't made the team. That was as scary as life got back then.
Five minutes later, life got a lot scarier.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Invasion

“But even I have enough sense to know the words “we have to win” are the first four steps on the road to hell.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Underground