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 al…

- Jean Craighead George

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

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 s…

- Jean Craighead George

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

- Jean Craighead George

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 relationshi…

- Jean Craighead George

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 i…

- Jean Craighead George

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 mi…

- Jean Craighead George

Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.

- Jean Craighead George

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 w…

- Jean Craighead George