Katherine Applegate

“Love is alcohol.”

— Katherine Applegate

Old age is a powerful disguise.

— Katherine Applegate

“It's an alien toilet!" -Cassie”

— Katherine Applegate

Anger only gets in the way.

— Katherine Applegate

“But everyone needs to hope.”

— Katherine Applegate

“I tried to tear my mind off my own self loathing.-David”

— Katherine Applegate

“Salt! Salt! And grease! Greee-suh!”Ax”

— Katherine Applegate

Humans. Sometimes they make chimps look smart.

— Katherine Applegate

“It is a great gift indeed to love who you are" -Red”

— Katherine Applegate

“well here is a good quote, "Why wouldn't they help me?”

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

“Old age," she says, "is a wonderful disguise.”

— Katherine Applegate

“Her pictures were like pieces of a dream. Ivan”

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

“The only person she knew at all was Marquez, and Marquez seemed to have been possessed by the music.”

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it…

— Katherine Applegate

“I’d broken the rule because I wanted something. I wanted to matter. I wanted to do something meaningful before I died.”

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

“I think that's his point," April said. "Not dumb, maybe. Just naive. I mean we come from a cynical age. Suspicious of…

— Katherine Applegate

"Give me liberty or give me death." A human named Patrick Henry said that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew before they…

— Katherine Applegate

“Don't be so sure,' Cassie said. 'We're fighting for Mother Earth. She has some tricks up her sleeves.' 'Good grief,' Marco said.…

— Katherine Applegate

Especially when you're faced with hard times, you need to remember that life is either tragedy or comedy. For me, that's what…

— Katherine Applegate

“If you're stuck you could always double up with me at my place. It's the size of a postage stamp, but the…

— Katherine Applegate

“I think maybe I'll like living here in America, I say to Ganwar Yeah, that's what I thought too, But you'll never…

— Katherine Applegate

“nature is not always pretty or fair or kind. but sometimes surprises happen. and samar, every spring night, reminded me there is…

— 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'…

— Katherine Applegate

But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most…

— Katherine Applegate

“Pleasure fades, gets old, gets thrown out with last year's fad. Fear, guilt, all that stuff stays fresh. Maybe that's why people…

— Katherine Applegate

“I've always believed that to some extent you get to decide for yourself what your life will be like. You can either…

— Katherine Applegate

“Hey I basically agree with you. I believe in what I can see, touch, eat, drink and spend. Everything else is bull."…

— Katherine Applegate

“My family tree spreads wide as well. I am a great ape, and you are a great ape, and so are chimpanzees…

— Katherine Applegate

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

— Katherine Applegate

“Humans. Violent but peace-loving. Passionate but cerebral. Humane but cruel. Impulsive but calculating. Generous but selfish. Humans. Altogether a contradictory and deeply…

— katherine applegate

What's love? Something that lasts a week or a month and that's all you can except? Or is it just that some…

— Katherine Applegate

“We’re right here … In … Your … FACE!”

— Katherine Applegate

“Days have a way of slipping past like raindrops in a river.”

— Katherine Applegate

“Imagine being the only two free humans in all the world”

— Katherine Applegate