Scott O'Dell > Quotes

“Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet.”
― Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

“They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.”
― Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins