We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a re…

Edward Abbey
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We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope. ✨ Edward Abbey (1968). Desert Solitaire, p.129, Simon and Schuster
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