But my parents were optimists. They looked at half a glass of water and figured it was half full, not half empty. Not me. Scientists can’t afford to be optimists or pessimists. They just observe the world and see what is. They look at a glass of water and measure 3.75 ounces or whatever, and that’s the end of the discussion.

— Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate Quotes

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

I felt like I’d taken off an itchy sweater on a cold day: relieved to be rid of it, but surprised by how chilly the air turned out to be.

— Katherine Applegate

Anger is precious. A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troop of danger.

— Katherine Applegate

What’s that expression?” asked my mom. “Fall down seven times, get up eight?

— Katherine Applegate

I used the sap from leaves. I used the juice from fruit. But mostly I used mud. And that is what they called me: Mud.

— Katherine Applegate

If I never talked about it, I felt like it couldn’t ever happen again.

— Katherine Applegate

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

Facts are so much better than stories. You can’t see a story. You can’t hold it in your hand and measure it. You can’t hold a manatee in your hand either. But still. Stories are lies, when you get right down to it. And I don’t like being lied to. I’ve never been much into make-believe stuff. When I was a kid, I didn’t dress up like Batman or talk to stuffed animals or worry about monsters under my bed.

— Katherine Applegate

I don’t know why people talk to me, but they often do. Perhaps it’s because they think I can’t understand them. Or perhaps it’s because I can’t talk back.

— Katherine Applegate

Way I’ve always figured it, end of the day, you gotta be your own best friend. Look out for numero uno.

— Katherine Applegate

Why can’t you just be like other parents?” I demanded. I was crying hard. I gasped for breath. “Why does it have to be this way?

— Katherine Applegate

The ones we love,” says Aunt Akello, “live forever in our hearts.

— Katherine Applegate

Morning is like a gift you get to open every single day.

— Katherine Applegate

Humans love making unnecessary things. Then they love buying the unnecessary things. Then they love throwing away unnecessary things.

— Katherine Applegate

A first friend is a true gift, because forever after, your heart knows what’s possible.

— Katherine Applegate

What gifts did the world give you today? What gifts did you give the world?

— Katherine Applegate

Gently, because trees are like quiet friends and you have to be kind to them.

— Katherine Applegate

Lucky for me, I also have two uncles. My uncle Ivan is a gorilla. My uncle Bob is a dog. Families can be complicated.

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But Uncle Bob says he is a service dog, because he is providing the service of being charming.

— Katherine Applegate

Fear can make you panic. But sometimes it floods your body like cobra venom and leaves you frozen.

— Katherine Applegate
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