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Pain is life. Life is pain.

Mosquitoes are the greatest mass murderers on planet Earth.

You are the One and Only Ivan," he calls.
I nod, then turn toward my family, my life, my home.
"Mighty Silverback," I whisper.

Human humour often consists of pretending to wish something does not really wish.

About chocolate: This is what laughing tastes like.

Humans. Rats have bigger hearts. Roaches have kinder souls. Flies have-

I can feel him. He feels real. He smells like wet cat. He has fingers. Cats do not have fingers.

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

Imagine being the only two free humans in all the world

Interesting. Claws and teeth and ferocity mixed with the subtlety to manipulate creatures larger than itself. A worthy creature.

Don't worry dreams aren't real. They're just neurons firing randomly in your brain.

remember when my little sister first came home. But I don't remember trying to put her in a box so we could mail her back to the hospital. My

Ruby.
"She's here, Stella," I whisper "Ruby's safe. Just like I promised.

Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.

Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.

Earth is the crossroads of every possible alien. We're the McDonald's next to the highway of the galaxy.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

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.

Full emergency power to the engines. Ram the Blade ship.

Rachel would be beautiful in the middle of mud slides and hailstorms. On a sweet, sunny day, she made my heart ache.

So, you propel rocks at me! You'll be very sorry you ever propelled a rock at me, human.

Cassie asked.
asked Ax

I can see my imaginary friend. I can hear him. I can talk to him. He is using a towel.

They think I'm too old to cause trouble.
Old age is a powerful disguise.

I also don't understand why I should let some guy fondle me when I know the relationship has no future.

It's OAT-freaking-MEAL!

Ax swiveled his stalk eyes toward me.

Okay," I said. "I'll be there, but I promise to complain the entire time.

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.

I said, mimicking the Disney World commercials.

Memories are precious ... they help tell us who we are.

I guess none of us will get through this without some terrible sin. This will be mine.

Is there anything sweeter than the touch of another as she pulls a dead bug from your fur?

Old age," she says, "is a powerful disguise.

Are you with us?" Prince Jake asked. I said. "Don't call me 'Prince.'" I said again.

But hunger, like food, comes in many shapes and colors.

am talking to my imaginary friend. I invented him when I was seven. He is here in our bathtub. He has a bubble beard.

A good zoo is how humans make amends.

Seerow's kindness. Even then, all those years ago, i knew. My father's epitaph had just been written.

I think that in many ways, just as forgiveness is impossible without love, sometimes love requires forgiveness for it to work, too.

Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice.

And right then I knew, the way you know that it's going to rain long before the first drop splatters on your nose, that something was about to change.

Salt! Salt! And grease! Greee-suh!"Ax

Now I draw every day ... If I get tired and need a break, I eat my crayons.

I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-five days. Alone. For

Human can surprise you sometimes. An unpredictable species, Homo sapiens

Ax-man. Cardboard isn't one of the major food groups, remember?-Marco

Old age," she says, "is a wonderful disguise.

Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.

And that's how we ended up discovering the evil horses that threatened all of humanity.

She batted her eyelashes at me to show she was kidding.
I love it when she does that.

My favorite color is rainbow.

A famous human named Rolling Stones said that.

When I'm drawing a picture, I feel ... quiet inside.

She said she sometimes wondered if maybe bats are better human beings than human beings are.

It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers.

I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rain forest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice.

I am talking to a cat. A cat is talking to me.

(Are you okay?) Tobias asked.
I raised my hand to look at it. Fingers. Five of them.
"I don't know? Am I okay?

It's an alien toilet!" -Cassie

Death's gruesome face taunts:
soulless eyes, crimson grimace.
I really hate clowns.

Fun fact, Jackson. You can't see sound waves, but you can hear music.

Sticking your tongue in an electrical socket is dangerous- not to mention painful. -Marco

Everyone has parents. It's unavoidable.

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.

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

They think we're intelligent. So, Marco, keep quiet. We don't want them to learn the truth. Rachel

I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.

So he taped a sign on the bathroom door that said OFFICE OF MR. THOMAS WADE. My mom put a sign next to it that said I'D RATHER BE FISHING.

David, when it happens ... when it happens, David, will you save me?

Humans speak too much. They chatter like chimps, crowding the world with their noise even when they have nothing to say.

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

I always tell the truth, Stella replies. Although I sometimes confuse the facts.

Humans. Sometimes they make chimps look smart.

In dreams you lose normal cause and effect. You jump around in time. This is reality. Jalil

The names are mine, but they're not me.

With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.

Anger only gets in the way.

I just want to get on a table, dance on someone's tater tots, and wait for the hall monitor to drag me away

I soon learned that humans can screech even louder than monkeys.

Love is alcohol.

I tried to tear my mind off my own self loathing.-David

We can't change the past. But maybe we can figure out the future.

Imaginary friends are like books. We're created, we're enjoyed, we're dog-eared and creased, and then we're tucked away until we're needed again.

But even I have enough sense to know the words "we have to win" are the first four steps on the road to hell.

The only person she knew at all was Marquez, and Marquez seemed to have been possessed by the music.

Up to me. Great. I could hurt my mom and my sisters, or I could hurt my dad. Perfect. Isn't divorce fun?

Everyone deserves a shot ... and some deserve to be shot.

You know a guy is funny when a week later you can still feel the little knives he stuck in you.

Maybe dreams aren't in your head. Maybe dreams are memories of another universe.

The zoo lady, whose name is Maya, is here again.

It's never to late to be what you might have been

Hope is a thing made only for people,
a scrap to hold onto
in darkness and in light