Joseph Wood Krutch

"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. "

"Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. "

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. "

"Technology made large populations possible large populations now make technology indispensable. "