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When I was a child, going to a circus with wild animal acts was a rite of passage. These days, it's an act of complicit cruelty.
Katherine Applegate
Gorillas may seem terrifying because of their bodies, but they are really magnificent and very gentle.
Katherine Applegate
But hunger, like food, comes in many shapes and colors.
Katherine Applegate
Memories are precious ... they help tell us who we are.
Katherine Applegate
Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.
Katherine Applegate
When I'm drawing a picture, I feel...quiet inside.
Katherine Applegate
Pain is life. Life is pain.
Katherine Applegate
I think that in many ways, just as forgiveness is impossible without love, sometimes love requires forgiveness for it to work, too.
Katherine Applegate
Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.
Katherine Applegate
Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.
Katherine Applegate
With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
Katherine Applegate
My favorite color is rainbow.
Katherine Applegate
Old age is a powerful disguise.
Katherine Applegate
Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.
Katherine Applegate
Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.
Katherine Applegate
Everything ends eventually. I guess that's what makes summer so intense, this feeling that it lasts for only a a short while and then it's back to reality.
Katherine Applegate
I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
Katherine Applegate
At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
Katherine Applegate
I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
Katherine Applegate
I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
Katherine Applegate
I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
Katherine Applegate
Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
Katherine Applegate
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