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Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Time
Short
Sauntering
Life
Walking
Trekking
Longer
Crawling
Already
Hiking
Walks
Speed
Takes
Thus
Locomotion
Known
Waste
Prolongs
Form
Except
Stretches

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