155 Quotes by Katherine Applegate

Kinyani is Ivan's lady friend. Girlfriend? I've never been sure what they call it in gorilla.

Children's books: Every time you find the right, the necessary, book for a child - a book about sadness overcome, unfairness battled, hearts mended - you perform the best kind of magic. ...every time you give just the right book to just the right child, you're saying, "You, my friend, have potential." That is a gift. That is a miracle. And that is what you do, each of you, every single day.

Ninety percent of the trouble in this world comes from guys who think they have something to prove.

Lesson Number One in Everworld: There’s them, and there’s us. And any day we can keep them from destroying us, that’s a victory.

I like not knowing everything. It makes things more interesting.

What's love? Something that lasts a week or a month and that's all you can except? Or is it just that some loves have a short shelf life? You know, like yogurt: after a week or two they go bad.And how do you recognize the other kind of love, the kind that isn't like yogurt? The kind that's more like... I don't know, like peanut butter, that lasts forever and always tastes good?

Pain is life. Life is pain.

Meantime, I was going to enjoy the magic while I could.

But everyone needs to hope.