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How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups? ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.13, RosettaBo … ▶
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Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.31, RosettaBooks
As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.19, RosettaBooks

How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups? ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

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