86 Quotes by Katherine Rundell

I just liked the idea that there's still things that we don't know. At school, it's the same thing, every day. I liked that it might be all right to believe in large, mad, wild things.

Wolves are the witches of the animal world.

Her armpits were prickling, and her face was growing sweaty. She hated lying. She wasn't sure if she was good at it; she suspended she was not.

It's like they've forgotten everything important, isn't it? I mean, forgotten things like cats and dancing exist.

Wolves, like children, are not meant to lead calm lives.

Wolves, like children, are not born to lead calm lives.

When you get home, tell them how large the world is, and how green. And tell them that the beauty of the world makes demands on you. They will need reminding. If you believe the world is small and tawdry, it is easier to be so yourself. But the world is so tall and so beautiful a place.

You will never be tougher than you are now. Children are the toughest creatures on the planet. They endure.

He was thirty-six years old, and six foot three. He spoke English to people and French to cats, and Latin to the birds. He had once nearly killed himself trying to read and ride a horse at the same time.