I wait. Now the night flows back, the mighty stillness embraces and in…

Edward Abbey
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I wait. Now the night flows back, the mighty stillness embraces and includes me; I can see the stars again and the world of starlight. I am twenty miles or more from the nearest fellow human, but instead of loneliness I feel loveliness. Loveliness and a quiet exultation. ✨ Edward Abbey (1988). Desert Solitaire, p.15, University of Arizona Press
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