"I am Ivan. I am a gorilla. It's not as easy as it looks." Hello, pg. 9

"One of my neighbors plays baseball although she is a chicken. Anther drives a fire truck, although he is a rabbit." The Littlest Big Top on Earth, pg. 15

"At times like that, I wish humans could understand me the way I can understand them." The Loneliest Gorilla in the World, pg. 22

"Her trunk is remarkable, but still it can't unlatch the door of her tumble-down domain." Stella's Trunk, pg. 27

"I wonder who Picasso is. Does he have a tire swing like me? Does he ever eat his crayons?" Picasso, pg. 33

"Humans always smell odd when change is in the air." Change, pg. 47

"Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice." Knowing, pg. 78

"I slept in human beds, sat in human chairs...