Kate Klise > Quotes

“some wishes come true. some wishes dont. sometimes you find out you were wishing for the completely wrong thing.”
― Kate Klise, Deliver Us from Normal

“And so, we end with a beginning. Because every ending is really a beginning. All you need is a house that's old and creaky ... filled with lots of books ... a cat ... a person who's willing to try again ... someone who promises never to leave ... and most important of all ... a little Hope.”
― Kate Klise, Dying to Meet You

“P.S. Nothing personal, but I think this journal assignment is a waste of time. I know I have to do something to make up for all the work I'm missing at school, but I HATE busywork. And that's what this journal thing is. Half the teachers at school assign work they never read. When we get stupid assignments like that, I always write somewhere on my paper "blah blah blah" or "I bet you're not even reading this," are you? or "Give me a sign if you're reading this." They never are.”
― Kate Klise, Trial by Journal

“Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value.”
― Kate Klise, Till Death Do Us Bark

“For the next thirteen-plus hours, I stared out the window at the passing towns and countryside. All those lives. All those untold stories and private dramas. There was something so beautiful and sad about it. I felt weirdly emotional, like I was running away from home, but also running to a new home.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Because that’s what art is; that’s what it does. It breaks your heart. It moves you. If it doesn’t do that, forget it. It’s not worth it.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“In his homilies, this old Jesuit always talked about desire, and how we were connected by our desires. He said the most basic human desire was the desire to be desired by one you desire.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Is that what I wanted? To be in the middle of something complicated and dramatic? To be a cheerleader for someone else’s romance? Or to have a romance of my own?”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“I’m pretty good at walking away from things—probably too good, in fact.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Art has to ask questions and make you care. Nothing I saw elicited even the slightest emotional response. But maybe that was the point. Maybe love was impossible in the postdigital age. Maybe passion was passé.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“You don’t have to know what you want to be. That comes later. But I want you to know what you want to be. That comes later. But I want you to want more than just having a job and muddling through life. I want you to find a passion you believe in strongly enough to risk humiliation and rejection.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Remember that other people are as real as you.Other people's feelings are as real as yours.In fact, our feelings are what make us real.”
― Kate Klise, Dying to Meet You

“And you know, that’s another reason I named her Coco. Because to me, chocolate is about indulging in things that give you pleasure. And what’s the point of life if you can’t find joy?”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“If these artist were trying to convince me that the pursuit of love in the postdigital age was more exciting, more mysterious, more…. well, everything love should be, they’d failed.”
― Kate Klise

“Can I tell you what I want? I want to stop wanting things I can’t have. I want to stop falling for jerks I don’t need. And I want to stop feeling like an f/ing gooey butter cake somebody left out in the rain.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“I think romance is harder in the digital or postdigital age or whatever we’re supposed to call it. Love is harder.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“But for those of us lucky to be alive there are some things that should be said face to face.”
― Kate Klise, Till Death Do Us Bark: 43 Old Cemetery Road

“I know I should try harder to make her feel necessary in my life. It totally freaked her when I said I didn’t need her anymore. But isn’t that the whole point of growing up? A healthy bird can fly the nest? Roots and wings and all that Hallmarky crap?”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“What’s wrong with just talking? Isn’t that why bars were invented? So you could talk to somebody over a drink—as opposed to sitting at home alone getting sloshed?”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“you stupid, selfish, philandering coach-class jackass.”
― Kate Klise

“Now think of life in the same terms. Start over when you have to. Make a second draft. Or a third. Embrace the chance you have to do things over again in a different, better, wiser way.”
― Kate Klise, Till Death Do Us Bark: 43 Old Cemetery Road

“But we're all characters in our own stories, Iggy.”
― Kate Klise, Dying to Meet You

“...it's nice of Mrs. Goe to think that marching against the juvenile juror law is going to keep kids safe. But the fact is, we're NOT safe. Nobody is. That's the whole point. There's no such thing as being safe--here or anywhere. People get hurt every day. Some people get killed by weirdos like Bob White and some people just get teased to death at the lunch table for drinking orange soda or eating a tuna fish sandwich.”
― Kate Klise, Trial by Journal

“If your hogs have warts, call us. Hogwarts Wart Removal. 555-HOGWARTS”
― Kate Klise, Secrets of the Circus

“And you know, the crazy thing about love," I went on, "is that you can tell the other person anything in the world, and they’ll love you. No matter what.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“I walked down Paseo del Prado, losing myself to the sights, sounds, and dense magic of the city. There's something weirdly calming about being alone in a big city. It made me feel like the universe was hugely generous, and that my species was so damn smart to have constructed such a beautiful city.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Inilah nerakanya menjadi orangtua-melihat seluruh sifat terburukmu dalam diri orang lain. Lalu ada lagi frustasi karena tidak bisa mengubah sifat-sifat itu pada diri anakmu, sebagaimana kau tidak mampu mengubahnya dalam dirimu sendiri.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Uh, puedo hablar con Andrew Nelson, por favor?" I asked, feeling like an idiot.

"Quien?"

"El americano," I explained. "Muy grande americano."

In trying to describe my father, I sounded like I was ordering coffee. But it worked.”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag

“Kukira yang paling kusukai dari dirinya adalah bahwa dia membuat kesederhanaan jadi indah. Kedengarannya mudah, tapi hal besar pada saat itu. Sekarang juga masih. Berapa kali kau berada di restoran yang seharusnya bagus tapi kau bahkan tidak bisa merasakan makanannya karena terselubung dalam... inovasi?”
― Kate Klise, In the Bag