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title: "2 Cliffs Quotes By Scott O'Dell"
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> [Many of our tribe went to the cliff each night to count the number killed during the day. They counted the dead otter and thought of the beads and other things that each pelt meant. But I never went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/many-of-our-tribe-went-to-the-cliff-each-night-to-count-the-number/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/scott-o-dell-44353_angry_many-of-our-tribe-went-to-the-cliff-each_2417438.jpg)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/below-me-rontu-was-running-along-the-cliffs-barking-at-the-screaming/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

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## Other authors on Cliffs

## More by Scott O'Dell

> [“For a long time I called it Otter as I had called Rontu, Dog. Then I decided to give the otter a name. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/for-a-long-time-i-called-it-otter-as-i-had-called-rontu-dog-then-i/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [“My brother Ramo was only a little boy half my age, which was twelve. He was small for one who had lived so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/my-brother-ramo-was-only-a-little-boy-half-my-age-which-was-twelve-he/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [“After that summer, after being friends with Won-a-nee and her young, I never killed another otter. I had an otter cape for my shoulders,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/after-that-summer-after-being-friends-with-won-a-nee-and-her-young-i/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults. Scott…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/the-annual-award-of-5-000-goes-to-an-author-for-a-meritorious-book/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [Many of our tribe went to the cliff each night to count the number killed during the day. They counted the dead otter and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/many-of-our-tribe-went-to-the-cliff-each-night-to-count-the-number/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [More than anything, it was the blue dolphins that took me back home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/more-than-anything-it-was-the-blue-dolphins-that-took-me-back-home/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/they-were-black-like-a-lizard-s-and-very-large-and-like-the-eyes-of-a/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/below-me-rontu-was-running-along-the-cliffs-barking-at-the-screaming/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

> [“I REMEMBER the day the Aleut ship came to our island. At first it seemed like a small shell afloat on the sea. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-o-dell/i-remember-the-day-the-aleut-ship-came-to-our-island-at-first-it/)

[Scott O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-o-dell/)

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