Wishtree Quotes

“Different languages, different food, different customs. That's our neighborhood: wild and tangled and colorful. Like the best kind of garden.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

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

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

“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

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

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

“...I didn't want to miss a moment of what little life I had left. I wanted to drink in the stars. I wanted to feel the fuzzy wings of the owlets. I wanted to stretch my roots just a tiny bit farther before the night was through. I wanted to indulge in some quiet contemplation about life and love and what it all meant... "I've been thinking... There's no point in my worrying about tomorrow. It will come soon enough.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“There is beauty in stillness and grace in acceptance.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Days have a way of slipping past like raindrops in a river.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“friendship doesn’t have to be hard. That sometimes we let the world make it hard.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Trees can’t tell jokes. But we can certainly tell stories. And if all you hear is the whisper of leaves, don’t worry. Most trees are introverts at heart.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“But everyone needs to hope.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“She spoke about her family she'd lost. She spoke about her secret hopes and fears and longings. She had love to give, and no one to give it to.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Stay.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

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

“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

“My point," Bongo continued, "is that the world's a tough place. Doesn't matter if you're a bunny or a lizard or a kid.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Oh, the things I wanted to say to those two! I wanted to tell them that friendship doesn't have to be hard. That sometimes we let the world make it hard." -Red”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

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

“I’d broken the rule because I wanted something. I wanted to matter. I wanted to do something meaningful before I died.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“I'm not just a tree. I'm a home. A community. - Red”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Photosynthesize.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

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

“nature is not always pretty or fair or kind.

but sometimes surprises happen. and samar, every spring night, reminded me there is beauty in stillness and grace in acceptance.

and that you’re never too old to be surprised.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Time heals all wounds.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“A blessing and a burden it has been, all those wishes, all those years. But everyone needs to hope.”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“But that's how it is when you love life. And I could accept that if my time had come, it had come. After a life as fine as mine, who was I to complain?”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

“Nature is not always pretty or fair or kind.
But sometimes surprises happen. And Samar, every spring night, reminded me there is beauty in stillness and grace and acceptance.
And that you're never too old to be surprised" -Red”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

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

“something”
― Katherine Applegate, Wishtree