Quote by: Meindert DeJong

Until the longing came again, like the longing that you hear in the whistle of a train that is going far away. But the longing isn't really in the whistle, the longing is in you—for the wonder and the loveliness that is in the world, and everywhere.


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Author Bio


  • NameMeindert DeJong
  • DescriptionAmerican children's writer
  • AliasesMeindert de Jong
  • BornMarch 4, 1906
  • DiedJuly 16, 1991
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionWriter; Children's Writer
  • AwardsHans Christian Andersen Award