Katherine Applegate > Quotes

“Trees have a rather complicated relationship with people, after all. One minute you’re hugging us. The next minute you’re turning us into tables and tongue depressors”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“The stories would lift me up,
the words like a breeze beneath
butterfly wings,
and take me far from the pain in my belly
and the tight knot of my heart

I hope they will have stories
at my school.
If they don't know how,
perhaps I can teach them.
It isn't such a hard thing.
All you must do is say
Once there was...
and let your hoping find the words.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“A good zoo,” Stella says, “is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam and humans who don’t hurt.” She pauses, considering her words. “A good zoo is how humans make amends.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“boogie:”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“That's the best kind of snooze, if you ask me. Good, warm, safe-in-someone's-arms sleep.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“I was on top of the universe. I was a hero-inwaiting. Practically a prince already. The war with the Yeerks would be over just as soon as I could get in the game.
I was a fool.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Andalite Chronicles

“Those humans were good.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“was in her lap. I took her hand and led her back to her bedroom. Her rainbow nightlight painted stripes on the ceiling. I wished I had one in my room, although I’d never admit it. “I heard you talking,” she said as she crawled under her blanket.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“Wise, gentle Stella, an old circus elephant who’d been born in the wild. Ruby, a sweet baby elephant snatched from Africa and shipped overseas, just like my sister and me. Julia, a kindhearted girl who understood our plight. And, of course, the one and only Bob, who slipped into my cage one night and decided that my tummy would make the perfect dog bed.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Family

“Memories are precious,” Stella adds. “They help tell us who we are. Try remembering all your keepers.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“I wondered, too, if I’d done enough for the world I loved.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“I’ve learned not to get my hopes up.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Now get some sleep. You are about to go on an adventure."
"A dangerous adventure," I murmured.
"Byx, my friend. Is there any other kind?”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“But you'll never really feel like an American,
Ganwar says. You'll see.

Why? I ask.

Ganwar shrugs.
Because they won't let you.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“Sanderson:”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“That’s good, right?” I asked. “It’s good,” my dad said. “But it’s not a certainty. Here’s the thing, Jackson. Life is messy. It’s complicated. It would be nice if life were always like this.” He drew an imaginary line that kept going up and up. “But life is actually a lot more like this.” He made a jiggly line that went up and down like a mountain range. “You just have to keep trying.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-six”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“She died.”
― Katherine Applegate, Odder: The Novel

“Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking!
Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from my rare visits to school. They moved in packs, like wild dogs. After they passed, I could hear them howling with laughter.
I wondered sometimes what it would be like to have a friend. To be so comfortable with myself that I could be comfortable with someone else, too.”
― Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

“You’re full of it,” I say to nobody in particular. “We’re full of it!” says Minnie. “Yes, we’re extremely full of it!” says Moo, and they popcorn in agreement. Guinea pigs hop up and down when they’re happy. It’s called popcorning. And it’s totally ridiculous. You’re happy, wag your tail like a real mammal. “I am not soft,” I mutter, nosing my protruding belly.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Are you with us?” Prince Jake asked. I said. “Don’t call me ‘Prince.’” I said again.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Alien

“Are they jealous of my strength, so much greater than theirs?of my fur, while they shiver in the silly clothing meant to hide their hairlessness? Do they long to be wild, the way I was once, long ago, wild?”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Family

“so he taped a sign on the bathroom door that said OFFICE OF MR. THOMAS WADE. My mom put a sign next to it that said I’D RATHER BE FISHING.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“„Music is magic“, said my mom.
„Love and is magic“, said my dad.
„Rabbits in a hat are magic“, said Robin.
„I would put Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the magic category“, said my dad.
„How about the smell of a new baby?“ asked my mom.
„Kitties are magic!“ Robin yelled.
„Indeed“, said my dad, scratching Aretha‘s ear.
„And don‘t forget dogs“.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“It’s as if the air is up to no good, sneaking up on the world and looking for trouble.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“It's not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“I’m fine,” I said quickly. Back in the old days, when we always had food in the house, I would whine if we were out of my favorite stuff. But lately we’d been running out of everything, and I had the feeling my parents felt lousy about it.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“„Remember how you went behind the stage and figured out how he was making that rabbit appear? And then you told everybody?“
I grinned. „Figured it right out.“
„But you took the magic away, Jackson“. I liked thinking that little gray bunny appeared in a man‘s hat. I liked believing it was magic.“
„But it wasn’t. He had a hole in the hat, and —„
Marisol covered her ears. „I didn’t care!“ she cried, punching me again. „And I still don’t care!“
„Ow,“ I said. „Again.“
„Jackson,“ Marisol said, „just enjoy the magic while you can, okay?”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

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

“Facts are important to scientists, which is what I want to be when I grow up. Nature facts are my favorite kind. Especially the ones that make people say No way.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw