The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only Ivan, #1)

by Katherine Applegate

It is never too late to be what you might have been. —George Eliot

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Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot.

🤣 ... I mean, he's not wrong!

understanding human speech is not the same as understanding humans.

Humans speak too much. They chatter like chimps, crowding the world with their noise even when they have nothing to say.

Chimps. There’s no excuse for them.

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Humans have so many words, more than they truly need. Still, they have no name for what I am.

“What’s the difference between the word spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L and the one spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-L-E?” “The first one is the head of a school, like Ms. Garcia. The second one is a belief that helps you know what’s right or wrong.”

Humans. Sometimes they make chimps look smart.