Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down…

Edward Abbey
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Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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