Jean Craighead George Quotes

• Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.

  Jean Craighead George

  Running, Book, Reader

  Jean Craighead George (1991). “My side of the mountain”

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• I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

  Jean Craighead George

  Book, Want

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• I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising. To walk in nature is always good medicine.

  Jean Craighead George

  Wind, Medicine, Air

  Jean Craighead George (1990). “On the far side of the mountain”

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• To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will come.

  Jean Craighead George

  Writing, People, Problem

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• I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too.

  Jean Craighead George

  Appreciate, World, Wanted

  Source: thefreegeorge.com

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• The dog wags its tail only at living things.
  A tail wag, the equivalent of a human smile,
  is bestowed upon people, dogs , cats, squirrels,
  even mice and butterflies. - but no lifeless
  things. A dog won't wag its tail to its dinner
  or to a bed, card, stick, or even a bone.

  Jean Craighead George

  Dog, Butterfly, Cat

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• There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself.

  Jean Craighead George

  Common, Knows

  Jean Craighead George (2011). “The Summer of the Falcon”, p.52, Open Road Media

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• That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids.

  Jean Craighead George

  Book, Mean, Kids

  Source: thefreegeorge.com

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• I love to write and I love the natural world. Everything I've written about I've found exciting and it has never left me at a loss for words. I've always just done what I love.

  Jean Craighead George

  Writing, Loss, Done

  Source: thefreegeorge.com

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• Cat talk is a complicated, self-centered language. If you speak to your cat first, it probably won't speak back. Cats initiate conversations.

  Jean Craighead George

  Cat, Self, Firsts

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• Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.

  Jean Craighead George

  Taste, Chickens

  Jean Craighead George (1991). “My side of the mountain”

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• When fear seizes, change what you are doing. You are doing something wrong.

  Jean Craighead George

  Doing You

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• I believe that if a child has a feel for writing and wants to write, there is an audience. Children should just dive in and go at it. I would encourage children to write about themselves and things that are happening to them. It is a lot easier and they know the subject better if they use something out of their everyday lives as an inspiration. Read stories, listen to stories, to develop an understanding of what stories are all about.

  Jean Craighead George

  Children, Believe, Inspiration

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• I am actually looking most forward to seeing the country again. It's a wonderful town and the wilderness around there is beautiful. The falls there were an inspiration in my book My Side of the Mountain

  Jean Craighead George

  Beautiful, Country, Book

  Source: thefreegeorge.com

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• Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

  Jean Craighead George

  Bird, Pet, Tools

  Source: thefreegeorge.com

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• I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic. Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods with brightness. It lighted the trees and made them warm and friendly. It stood tall and bright and held back the night.

  Jean Craighead George

  Night, Fire, Light

  Jean Craighead George (1991). “My side of the mountain”

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• Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

  Jean Craighead George

  Cat, Self, Loving Relationships

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• We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do. Bando sniffs deeply and shakes his head. We were left out when it comes to smelling things, he says. I would love to be able to smell a mountain and follow my nose to it.

  Jean Craighead George

  Horse, Smell, Pigs

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