--- title: "5 Kate Thought Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Kate Thought quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Kate Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/dorothy-dunnett-1876_business_so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-i_700120.jpg" --- > [So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-instilled-all-the-friendly/) [Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/dorothy-dunnett-1876_business_so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-i_700120.jpg) > [“Velma eyed Kate assessingly. She swiped at her hairline with fingers decorated with several diamond-studded gold rings and long nails shellacked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becky-wade/velma-eyed-kate-assessingly-she-swiped-at-her-hairline-with-fingers/) [Becky Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becky-wade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/becky-wade-18721_quote_velma-eyed-kate-assessingly-she-swiped-a_1197582.jpg) > [“She is happy, Kate thought. Even in her circumstance, she is happy. Kate almost envied the wounded woman that contentment. Was that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/she-is-happy-kate-thought-even-in-her-circumstance-she-is-happy-kate/) [Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/brenda-rickman-vantrease-35025_happiness_she-is-happy-kate-thought-even-in-her-ci_1391244.jpg) > [“At first glance you looked at Kate and thought “fighter,” maybe merc. Five inches taller than me, she was all muscle—well, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilona-andrews/at-first-glance-you-looked-at-kate-and-thought-fighter-maybe-merc/) [Ilona Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilona-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/ilona-andrews-150_bad-guy_at-first-glance-you-looked-at-kate-and-t_2105327.png) > [“And Kate thought about a time, long ago, when she had witnessed an ongoing romance between two mental patients. As a teenager…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrynne-mclain/and-kate-thought-about-a-time-long-ago-when-she-had-witnessed-an/) [Sabrynne McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrynne-mclain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/sabrynne-mclain-105570_day-care_and-kate-thought-about-a-time-long-ago-w_2758088.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kate-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Kate Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Dunnett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-instilled-all-the-friendly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/dorothy-dunnett-1876_business_so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-i_700120.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/dorothy-dunnett-1876_business_so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-i_700120.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/dorothy-dunnett-1876_business_so-she-was-on-her-own-kate-thought-and-i_700120.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next…” — Dorothy Dunnett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Velma eyed Kate assessingly. She swiped at her hairline with fingers decorated with several diamond-studded gold rings and long nails shellacked with opalescent pearl polish. \"Kate,\" she said in a ominous tone, \"how old are you now?\" Ah, Kate thought. Here it comes. Though Velma and Peg had spent their entire lives in Redbud, Kate knew them well from their annual trips to Dallas to see Gran, \"I'm thirty-one.\" \"Why in the world haven't you married anyone yet?\" \"Well...\" I'm holding out for Prince Harry. I have cooties, so that makes it hard. 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