Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house …

Wendell Berry
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Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). New Collected Poems, p.148, Counterpoint Press
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Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). New Collected Poems, p.148, Counterpoint Press

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