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Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
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Edward Paul Abbey
Unfaithful
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