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Katherine Applegate is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Born in July 1956, she is praised for her unique narrative style and profound insights into social issues.

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Famous Katherine Applegate Quotes

“The stories would lift me up, the words like a breeze beneath butterfly wings, and take me far from the pain in my belly and the tight knot of my heart I hope they will have stories at my school. If they don't know how, perhaps I can teach them. It isn't such a hard thing. All you must do is say Once there was... and let your hoping find the words.”

Stories School Hope

Book:Home of the Brave

Source: Home of the Brave

“The grocery store has does and does of color, of light, of easy hope. Hannah moves down the aisle, but I stand like a tree rooted firm, my eyes too full of this place, with its answers to prayers on every shelf.”

Hope Answers Color Life Philosophy Prayers Taken For Granted Answers To Prayers Grocery Store Easy Hope

Book:Home of the Brave

Source: Home of the Brave

“He is a hero. Not a big, important hero. But there are many kinds of heroes.”

Hope Heroes Middle Grade Teddy Bears Teddies

Book:Pocket Bear

Source: Pocket Bear

“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?”

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Author:Katherine Applegate

“The grocery store has rows and rows of color, of light, of easy hope. Hannah moves down the aisle, but I stand like a tree rooted firm, my eyes too full of this place, with its answers to prayers on every shelf.”

Light Hope Answers Food Color Prayers Taken For Granted Answers To Prayers Grocery Store Easy Hope

Book:Home of the Brave

Source: Home of the Brave

About the Author

Born: July 19, 1956
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 127

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