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Concrete is heavy iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.
Edward Abbey
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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Edward Paul Abbey
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I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.
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A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.
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