"The One and Only Ivan" Quotes
A gorilla named Ivan uses his artistic talent to plan an escape from captivity in a shopping mall.
middle grade | 307 pages | Published in 2012
Quotes
Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot.
Memories are precious ... they help tell us who we are.
I paint until the colors sing.
You can tell if a painting is finished if you look at it and think, I'm glad I'm done with that.
I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings.
I am not quite sure where home is right now, but I know it's out there somewhere.
I have to be as strong as an oak.
It's never too late to find your voice.
You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.
I think that's the bravest thing I've ever seen a human do.





