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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) QUOTES

Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) QUOTES

1 " There the old Eskimo hunters she had known in her childhood thought the riches of life were intelligence, fearlessness, and love. A man with these gifts was rich and was a great spirit who was admired in the same way that the gussaks admired a man with money and goods. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

2 " The scenes and events were beautiful color spots in her memory. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

3 " Change your ways when fear seizes," he had said, "for it usually means you are doing something wrong. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

4 " Wolves are brotherly," he said. "They love each other, and if you learn to speak to them, they will love you too. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

5 " Yes, you are Eskimo," he had said. "And never forget it. We live as no other people can, for we truly understand the earth. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

6 " When the wolves are gone there will be too many caribou grazing the grass and the lemmings will starve. Without the lemmings the foxes and birds and weasels will die. Their passing will end smaller lives upon which even man depends, whether he knows it or not, and the top of the world will pass into silence. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

7 " Maybe the Europeans once thought the earth was flat, but the Eskimos always knew it was round. One only needed to look at the earth’s relatives, the sun and the moon, to know that. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

8 " the tundra was even more beautiful—a glistening gold, and its shadows were purple and blue. Lemon-yellow clouds sailed a green sky and every wind-tossed sedge was a silver thread. “Oh,” she whispered in awe, and stopped where she was to view the painted earth. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

9 " كان إيقاع الحياة هو مقياس الزمن في القطب الشمالي "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

10 " و أخذ النجم واهب الحياة يبزغ ببطء حتى صار مستديراً متوهجاً لونه الأحمر في كبد السماء "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

11 " حين يتملكك الخوف، غير مما أنت فاعله، فإنك تفعل شيئاً فارقه الصواب "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

12 " The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone.
The spirits of the animals are passing away.
Amaroq, Amaroq, you are my adopted father.
My feet dance because of you.
My eyes see because of you.
My mind thinks because of you. And it thinks, on this thundering night,
That the hour of the wolf and the Eskimo is over. "

― Jean Craighead George , Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)