It would be hard to define chaos better than as a world where children…

Edward Hoagland
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It would be hard to define chaos better than as a world where children decide they don't want to live. ✨ Edward Hoagland (1999). Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life, p.35, Rowman & Littlefield
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It would be hard to define chaos better than as a world where children decide they don't want to live. ✨ Edward Hoagland (1999). Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life, p.35, Rowman & Littlefield

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