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Joseph Wood Krutch was an American writer known for his literary criticism and nature writing. His works covered a wide range of subjects, including literature, philosophy, and nature. Born on November 25, 1893, he passed away on May 22, 1970.

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“The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could.”

Long Bird Cockroaches

Book:The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch

Source: The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch

“In the long run our boasted control of nature is a delusion.”

Long Running Delusion Long Runs

Book:The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.

Source: The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.

“Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to me. But I have never been more frequently or more vividly aware of them than in connection with the desert phenomena.”

Long Made Science Nature Saws Mystery Connections Observation Desert Mystical

Book:The Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation

Source: The Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation

“It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long.”

Long Facts Able Share Creatures Globes Sentimental Literal

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“Nothing is too great or too good to be true. Do not believe that we can imagine things better than they are. In the long run, in the ultimate outlook, in the eye of the Creator, the possibilities of existence, the possibilities open to us, are beyond our imagination.”

Believe Long Eye Running Imagination Existence Imagine Possibility Perspective Ultimate Creator Being True Long Runs Outlook Too Good To Be True

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by anticipation, and winter long ago lost the charm of novelty. This is the very three a.m. of the calendar.”

Long Three Lost Serious Comfort Spring England Winter Charm Far Away Anticipation Long Ago Novelty Calendars February New England Puritanism

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“Man is the only one in whom the instinct of life falters long enough to enable it to ask the question "Why?”

Men Long Enough Asks Mankind Instinct

Book:A Krutch Omnibus: Forty Years of Social and Literary Criticism

Source: A Krutch Omnibus: Forty Years of Social and Literary Criticism

About the Author

Born: November 25, 1893
Died: May 22, 1970
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 87

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The Modern TemperRelated source material

A Krutch Omnibus: Forty Years of Social and Literary CriticismRelated source material

The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood KrutchRelated source material

If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and NatureRelated source material

And Even If You Do: Essays on Man, Manners & MachinesRelated source material

The Great Chain of LifeRelated source material

The desert yearRelated source material

The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.Related source material

More lives than oneRelated source material

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