If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.
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A book ... unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication ... can wait for years, yet be available at any moment when it happens to be needed.Joseph Wood Krutch
If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.
Joseph Wood Krutch
The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could get along very well without us, although it is perhaps significant that of the two the cockroach would miss us more.
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Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.
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The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.
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