23 Quotes by K.A. Applegate

Must I carry this?" he asked, indicating his empty coffee cup."No, you can just throw it away."Bad choice of words. Ax threw the coffee cup. He threw it hard. It hit one of the cashiers in the head."Hey!"Sorry, it was an accident, man," I yelped.-Animorphs #5, The Predator page 20

Jake, I don't want to be a bug. I've been a gorilla, an osprey, a dolphin, a seagull, a trout, of all things, a lobster... and I'm probably forgetting a few. Gorilla was fun. Dolphin was fun. Osprey was fun. Ant? Not fun. Basically, bugs are a bad idea."Jake shrugged. "I was a flea. That was no big thing...."Jake? Do you ever listen to yourself?"-Animorphs #5, The Predator page 36

Senna reached for David's hand. I got up, dragged my chair over, and shoved in between them. This brought a faint nod from Merlin. ~Everworld, Enter the Enchanted

Life, even in Everworld, wasn't a romance novel. I guess romance writers imagine that being rescued is a big rush, a kind of thrill that will just send you into a state of uncontrollable desire. But here I was, all alone with a shockingly handsome man who had just saved my life. A knight, no less. And mainly I just felt tired.

There is something about that moment when you decide to run away. The recognition that you are in danger. That the danger is too great to face. Or that at least it represents too great a risk for too little payoff. In that moment you become prey. And all the instincts of prey come rushing up from the deep brain. Fear. And worse, growing, accelerating fear.