Quote by: Meindert DeJong

The restlessness and the longing, like the longing that is in the whistle of a faraway train. Except that the longing isn't really in the whistle—it is in you.


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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