Margaret Wise Brown citations

“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”

“Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.”

“I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy dogs
I like dogs
A dog that is barking over the hill
A dog that is dreaming very still
A dog that is running wherever he will
I like dogs.”

“In the great green room, there was a telephone
And a red balloon
And a picture of a cat jumping over the moon…”

“Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away".
"If you run away", said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny".”

“When the groundhog casts his shadow
And the small birds sing
And the pussywillows happen
And the sun shines warm
And when the peepers peep
Then it is Spring”

“Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.”

“If you become a bird and fly away from me, I will be a tree that you come home to.”