Quotes from My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George ·  192 pages

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“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
― Jean Craighead George, quote from My Side of the Mountain


“Fortunately, the sun has a wonderfully glorious habit of rising every morning”
― Jean Craighead George, quote from My Side of the Mountain


“See that falcon? Hear those white-throated sparrows? Smell that skunk? Well, the falcon takes the sky, the white-throated sparrow takes the low bushes, the skunk takes the earth...I take the woods.”
― Jean Craighead George, quote from My Side of the Mountain


“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, quote from My Side of the Mountain


“Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.”
― Jean Craighead George, quote from My Side of the Mountain



About the author

Jean Craighead George
Born place: in Washington, District of Columbia, The United States
Born date July 2, 1919
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