Katherine Applegate > Quotes

“Rachel anaknya jangkung, cantik, rambutnya pirang, dan tak kenal takut. Yah, jauh di dalam lubuk hati sih ia juga merasa tidak aman, cemas kalau-kalau ia tak bisa beradaptasi, dan tertekan karena harus hidup memenuhi standar tinggi yang ditentukannya sendiri. Tapi semua itu tersembunyi jauh di dalam. Jauh sekali, sehingga jika kau berusaha mencapainya, ia akan mencincangmu sebelum kau bahkan bisa mendekat.”
― Katherine Applegate

“Jake? Do me a favor. Don't ever say 'so far, so good'. The only time anyone ever says 'so far, so good' is right before everything blows up in his face!"-Marco”
― Katherine Applegate

“Stories help us ready ourselves. For joy, for sorrow, for growth. They teach us empathy. They let us practice being better humans.

Sadly battles over children's access to books have increasingly put librarians and teachers on the front lines. But in the end, locking up books always fails because words have wings. Stories, as Ivan comes to realize, have a way of taking flight one way or another....as long as we have free libraries and dedicated teachers, loving parents, and curious children, I know we'll be okay.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Family

“Hope is a thing made only for people,
a scrap to hold onto
in darkness and in light”
― Katherine Applegate

“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

“Mosquitoes are the greatest mass murderers on planet Earth.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Decision

“Old age,” she says, “is a powerful disguise.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Ruby.
"She's here, Stella," I whisper "Ruby's safe. Just like I promised.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“His voice was deep,
like a storm coming,
but gentle,
like the rain ending.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“Seerow's kindness. Even then, all those years ago, i knew. My father's epitaph had just been written.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate

“The first time I met Crenshaw was about three years ago, right after first grade ended. It was early evening, and my family and I had parked at a rest stop off a highway. I was lying on the grass near a picnic table, gazing up at the stars blinking to life. I heard a noise, a wheels-on-gravel skateboard sound. I sat up on my elbows. Sure enough, a skater on a board was threading his way through the parking lot. I could see right away that he was an unusual guy. He was a black and white kitten. A big one, taller than me. His eyes were the sparkly color of morning grass. He was wearing a black and orange San Francisco Giants baseball cap. He hopped off his board and headed my way. He was standing on two legs just like a human. “Meow,” he said. “Meow,” I said back, because it seemed polite.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“And right then I knew, the way you know that it’s going to rain long before the first drop splatters on your nose, that something was about to change.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw

“Sticking your tongue in an electrical socket is dangerous- not to mention painful." -Marco”
― Katherine Applegate

“Humans love making unnecessary things. Then they love buying the unnecessary things. Then they love throwing away unnecessary things.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“Our stories don't make their homes in heavy books. We hold our stories in our songs.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“Humor. The just-nearly-died brand of giddy humor.”
― Katherine Applegate, Search for Senna

“I try to understand, but all I hear is a river of words, rushing and thundering and pushing me beneath the surface. Now and then a word I know darts up like a sparkling fish, but then it’s all dark moving water again.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“Ax swiveled his stalk eyes toward me. ”
― Katherine Applegate, The Underground

“When you've been through the worst with someone, you appreciate the best.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“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

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

“What gifts did the world give you today? What gifts did you give the world?”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ruby

“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

“Like I told Maxyn, courage is not the absence of fear. We were all afraid. We just weren't going to let fear stop us.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

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

“The grocery store
has does and does
of color, of light,
of easy hope.
Hannah moves down the aisle,
but I stand like a tree rooted firm,
my eyes too full of this place,
with its answers to prayers
on every shelf.”
― Katherine Applegate, Home of the Brave

“Humans love it when we get silly. I think they're so weighed down by people problems that sometimes they need to be reminded what happy looks like.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“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

“There’s a difference,” Stella says gently, “between ‘can’t remember’ and ‘won’t remember.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Crenshaw and I didn’t chat much during those weeks on the road. There was always someone around to interrupt us. But that was okay. I knew he was there and that was enough. Sometimes that’s all you really need from a friend.”
― Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw