Katherine Applegate Quotes

I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.

Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.

When I'm drawing a picture, I feel...quiet inside.

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.

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.

I think that in many ways, just as forgiveness is impossible without love, sometimes love requires forgiveness for it to work, too.

Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.

Pain is life. Life is pain.

Mosquitoes are the greatest mass murderers on planet Earth.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.

Memories are precious ... they help tell us who we are.

About chocolate: "This is what laughing tastes like.

Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice.

You can't have real pain without real love. You can't feel grief and loss and hurt without real love. Love is the only way you can ever be really hurt deep down.

They think I'm too old to cause trouble. Old age is a powerful disguise.

Full emergency power to the engines. Ram the Blade ship.

Is there anything sweeter than the touch of another as she pulls a dead bug from your fur?

Anger only gets in the way.

Human humour often consists of pretending to wish something does not really wish.

But hunger, like food, comes in many shapes and colors.

I always tell the truth, Stella replies. Although I sometimes confuse the facts.

And that's how we ended up discovering the evil horses that threatened all of humanity.

Earth is the crossroads of every possible alien. We're the McDonald's next to the highway of the galaxy.

They think we’re intelligent. So, Marco, keep quiet. We don’t want them to learn the truth.” Rachel

Humans. Sometimes they make chimps look smart.

Ninety percent of the trouble in this world comes from guys who think they have something to prove.

It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers.

I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rain forest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice.

It's OAT-freaking-MEAL!

Everything ends eventually. I guess that's what makes summer so intense, this feeling that it lasts for only a a short while and then it's back to reality.

I just want to get on a table, dance on someone's tater tots, and wait for the hall monitor to drag me away

With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.

Everyone deserves a shot....and some deserve to be shot.

My favorite color is rainbow.

Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.

If you're stuck you could always double up with me at my place. It's the size of a postage stamp, but the roses are the size of poodles. So it sort of evens out." -Austin

Love is alcohol.

How has he moved so quickly from childlike naïvité to existential panic?

Ax-man. Cardboard isn’t one of the major food groups, remember?”-Marco

Up to me. Great. I could hurt my mom and my sisters, or I could hurt my dad. Perfect. Isn't divorce fun?

Death's gruesome face taunts:soulless eyes, crimson grimace.I really hate clowns.