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5 quotes from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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We be of one blood, ye and I.

— Mowgli (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894), "Kaa's Hunting"

No, Little Brother. That is only tears such as men use.

— Bagheera (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894), "Mowgli's Brothers"

The dawn was beginning to break when Mowgli went down the hillside alone, to meet those mysterious things that are called men.

— Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894), "Mowgli's Brothers"

Come soon, little naked son of mine. For, listen, child of man, I loved thee more than ever I loved my cubs.

— Mother Wolf (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894), "Mowgli's Brothers"

An order was given, and they obeyed.

— An Indian officer (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894), "Her Majesty's Servants"

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