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Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Biography

Novelist

Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist known for his profound portrayals of life on the American frontier. His works often explore the conflicts between individuals and society, nature and civilization, and offer unique insights into the history of the American West.

Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist known for his profound portrayals of life on the American frontier. His works often explore the conflicts between individuals and society, nature and civilization, and offer unique insights into the history of the American West.

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“Yet the great “Why?” always at the center of the little “whats” and “hows” that makes religions into mythologies is often stronger in dead temples than in living.”

Religion Mythology Temple

Book:The City of Trembling Leaves

Source: The City of Trembling Leaves

“None of them were even married, and the kind of women they got a chance to know weren’t likely to be changed by what a rustler would do to them.”

Men Western Sexes

Book:The Ox-Bow Incident

Source: The Ox-Bow Incident

“Nothing imaginative ever happens to five people at once, because each is up to only one-fifth of his personal intelligence and perception. A crowd is never equal to the intelligence of any one of its members.”

Groups Intelligence

Book:The City of Trembling Leaves

Source: The City of Trembling Leaves

“It followed that the powers of light and darkness were not wholly and always opposed to one another.”

Light Evil Darkness Good

Book:The Watchful Gods And Other Stories

Source: The Watchful Gods And Other Stories

“True law, the code of justice, the essence of our sensations of right and wrong, is the conscience of society. It has taken thousands of years to develop, and it is the greatest, the most distinguishing quality which has developed with mankind ... If we can touch God at all, where do we touch him save in the conscience? And what is the conscience of any man save his little fragment of the conscience of all men in all time?”

Ifs Men Years Littles Law Justice Quality Taken Mankind Conscience Essence All Time Code Sensations Fragments

Author:Walter Van Tilburg Clark

“We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling.”

Feelings Desire Strong Justice Haste Strong Feeling

Book:The Ox-Bow Incident

Source: The Ox-Bow Incident

“Is it really so important to be different?”

Important Different

Author:Walter Van Tilburg Clark

About the Author

Born: August 3, 1909
Died: November 10, 1971
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 7

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