I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't bel…

Edward Abbey
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I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

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