155 Quotes by Katherine Applegate

And oh, god, how could so much regret and so much sweetness and so much sadness all be present in that single moment. I was already dead and missing my unlived life. I was already dead and Tobias was mourning. I tried to smile. For him.

I always tell the truth, Stella replies. Although I sometimes confuse the facts.

A good zoo is how humans make amends.

I guess none of us will get through this without some terrible sin. This will be mine.

It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.

I just want to get on a table, dance on someone’s tater tots, and wait for the hall monitor to drag me away.

Memories are precious,” Stella adds. “They help tell us who we are.

You needed love to win at the game of music... I played of sadness. I played of loneliness. Despair. Love found and lost. I played of tragic misunderstanding and weary cynicism and defeat. I played of perseverance, endurance beyond all suffering. Endurance in the face of hopelessness, hope when even hope was a betrayal... And yet, though I played so much sadness, the music at the same time denied despair. How could anyone despair while music was being played?

Death’s gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.