The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle…

Diane Ackerman
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The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2014). The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us, p.135, W. W. Norton & Company
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The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2014). The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us, p.135, W. W. Norton & Company

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