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I’m increasingly attracted by the idea that there can be at least small pockets where life and character and beauty and meaning continue. If I could help protect one of those from destruction, maybe that would be enough. Maybe it would be more than most people do.

Paul Kingsnorth

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Paul Kingsnorth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: January 1
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