K. A. Applegate said this quote

Elfangor laughed in my mind. Victory without sacrifice? You know better than that.You don't have to give up your principles to win. Isn't there always an alternative to sacrifice if you just keep your mind clear, and step back, and see it, and...You know better than that.

~ K. A. Applegate

... how often is it possible to see the big picture, really? Rachel said. Things happen fast. You just have to make the best decision you can and then go for it.... With me, it's about instinct. I knew we had to dig that tunnel. Turns out, I was right, but for the wrong reasons.

~ K. A. Applegate

One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.'

~ K. A. Applegate

That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent.

~ K. A. Applegate