Katherine Applegate > Quotes

“I guess becoming homeless doesn’t happen all at once. My mom told me once that money problems sort of sneak up on you. She said it’s like catching a cold. At first you just have a tickle in your throat, and then you have a headache, and then maybe you’re coughing a little. The next thing you know, you have a pile of Kleenexes around your bed and you’re hacking your lungs up.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“Humans have very odd tastes. They think their music is beautiful. They are wrong. It is awful. All of it. And they completely ignore their greatest accomplishments: the cinnamon bun, the Snickers bar, the hot pepper, and the refreshing beverage called vinegar.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Alien

“Nature knows more than we do…And she probably always will.”
― Katherine Applegate (Author), Willodeen

“How to Say Goodbye (to an otter):
Be proud. After long months, know you've done your best, that 'teaching' and 'loving' are different words for the same thing.”
― Katherine Applegate, Odder

“Dogs ain't perfect. But I'll tell you one thing where we rule: tolerance.
For us, a dog is a dog is a dog. I see a Great Dane, I say howdy. I run into a puggle, it's Glad to meet ya, how's it goin', smelled any good pee lately?
Go to a dog park and you'll see. We are equal opportunity playful. You sniff my rear, I sniff yours.
You don't see that with humans, obviously. Constantly seeing differences where none exist. All those things like skin color? Dogs could care less. You think I won't hang with a dalmatian 'cause he's spotted? Or a sharpei 'cause she's wrinkled?
I'm not saying I love every dog I meet. (Snickers comes to mind.)
But I'll always give a dog the benefit of the doubt. Life is short. Play is good. And there are plenty of tennis balls to go around.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“I was an Andalite, all alone, far, far from home. Far from my own people. Except that sometimes your own people are not just the ones who look like you. Sometimes the people who are your own can be very different from you.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Decision

“If I never talked about it, I felt like it couldn’t ever happen again.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“The goal is to get as high as you can.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Not so long ago, I was just a silly pup. The runt of my litter. Self-involved, naive, impatient to see the world. Well, I'd certainly gotten my wish. I'd seen far too much of the world. I'd seen enough pain and danger and death to last several lifetimes. I was no longer Byx, the innocent daydreamer, curious and carefree. The pup who could gaze for hours at a swarm of rainbow-winged butterbats dancing on the wind. The old Byx didn't gallop into battle to kill eshwins, yelling in triumph like a fool as they fell. Perhaps Tobble was right that better times awaited us. Perhaps the old Byx was hiding somewhere deep in my heart. Perhaps. But for now I had to go wash the blood from my fur.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“It’s been a long time now since she passed away. You’d think the missing would end. But it doesn’t. It just softens around the edges. Instead of a hurting place to avoid, it becomes a healing place to seek out.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Family

“Lo sé, al igual que uno sabe que el verano ha terminado y que se acerca el invierno. Simplemente lo sé.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“I tried to tear my mind off my own self loathing.-David”
― Katherine Applegate, Search for Senna

“Facts are so much better than stories. You can’t see a story. You can’t hold it in your hand and measure it. You can’t hold a manatee in your hand either. But still. Stories are lies, when you get right down to it. And I don’t like being lied to. I’ve never been much into make-believe stuff. When I was a kid, I didn’t dress up like Batman or talk to stuffed animals or worry about monsters under my bed.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“She said she sometimes wondered if maybe bats are better human beings than human beings are.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“We'd won. I wondered if defeat could feel any worse than victory.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“He was not scared. Not what you'd call really scared. He was totally glandular, definately hugely adrenalized, but not scared”
― Katherine Applegate, The Mayflower Project

“I really do try to listen to the grown-ups, but every now and then my ears misbehave.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“Fine, Jackson,” he whispered, eyes lasering in on the frog. “You win. I’ll leave, do bit of hunting. I am, after all, a creature of the night. Meantime, you get to work.” I crossed my arms over my chest. “On what, exactly?” “The facts. You need to tell the truth, my friend.” The frog twitched, and Crenshaw froze, pure muscle and instinct. “Which facts? Tell the truth to who?” Crenshaw pulled his gaze off the frog. He looked at me, and to my surprise, I saw tenderness in his eyes. “To the person who matters most of all.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“What's that?" Seth asked, pointing.

"That?"

"That room. Isn't that a head?"

"Uh, that's, uh, out of order."

"What's wrong with it? Maybe I can fix it later."

Never tell a former handyman anything is broken. Never, ever, ever.”
― Katherine Applegate, Spring Break

“She got up and went to her tiny kitchen. On the way she turned on her radio. "You want something to eat?" she called over her shoulder.

"What do you have?"

"Um..." She opened her refrigerator. "Milk, yogurt, and wilted lettuce." She checked her cupboard. "Cheerios. Instant grits. Sorry-- I figured that since this is technically the South, I should try grits. Ah-hah! Pop-Tarts."

"Pop-Tarts! All right," he said enthusiastically. He came to join her as she loaded the toaster. "Life. It just doesn't get any better than this. You and Pop-Tarts.”
― Katherine Applegate, Beach Blondes: June Dreams / July's Promise / August Magic

“ Marco said. ”
― Katherine Applegate, The Encounter

“Lucky for me, I also have two uncles. My uncle Ivan is a gorilla. My uncle Bob is a dog. Families can be complicated.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“Humans do many things poorly.

Making music is not one of them.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Family

“Way I’ve always figured it, end of the day, you gotta be your own best friend. Look out for numero uno.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Dogs are experts at odor. Students of stink. We analyze the air the way humans read poetry, searching for invisible truths.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Anger is precious. A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troop of danger.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“—(…) No hay criatura inútil, Byx. Cada una es una pieza de un rompecabezas tan vasto que nadie puede verlo en su totalidad.
Clavé la vista en el suelo, disgustada.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“I’m picky. Not so much about looks, although even there I’m kind of picky. It’s more that I can’t pretend some guy is interesting when he’s not. If he’s immature, I’ll probably tell him so. Within five minutes of knowing him. And if he looks ridiculous dressed up like some wannabe, I’ll probably say that, too, or more likely just steer clear of him.”
― Katherine Applegate

“water bowl of power.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“It's been a long time now since she passed away. You'd think the missing would end. But it doesn't. It just softens around the edges.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Family