If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -…

Edward Abbey
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If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.26, RosettaBooks
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If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.26, RosettaBooks

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