Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, …

Edward Abbey
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Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly. ✨ The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West. Book by Edward Abbey (The Second Rape of the West), 1977.
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Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly. ✨ The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West. Book by Edward Abbey (The Second Rape of the West), 1977.

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