The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with lang…

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The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with languid fins through a subaqueous medium of pale violet polluted ink. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.30, RosettaBooks
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Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.28, RosettaBooks
Beauty is only skin deep; ugliness goes all the way through. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.24, RosettaBooks
I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.10, RosettaBooks
In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.36, RosettaBooks
Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A … ▶

The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with languid fins through a subaqueous medium of pale violet polluted ink. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.30, RosettaBooks

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