For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wi…

Edward Abbey
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For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ✨ Edward Abbey (1968). Desert Solitaire, p.24, Simon and Schuster
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