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There are sounds, of course, but compared to the marsh, the swamp is quiet because decomposition is cellular work.
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul”
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“Feminine' was a test like some witch trial she was preordained to fail.”
― Prodigal Summer
― Prodigal Summer
“There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.”
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“Lake Powell: storage pond, silt trap, evaporation tank and garbage dispose-all, a 180-mile-long incipient sewage lagoon.”
― The Monkey Wrench Gang
― The Monkey Wrench Gang
“Instructions For Wayfarers
They will declare: Every journey has been taken.
You shall respond: I have not been to see myself.
They will insist: Everything has been spoken.
You shall reply: I have not had my say.
They will tell you: Everything has been done.
You shall reply: My way is not complete.
You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard.
Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper.
And you shall go through and on . . .
—Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis,
THIRD WISH”
― The Robert Fulghum/Boxed Set
They will declare: Every journey has been taken.
You shall respond: I have not been to see myself.
They will insist: Everything has been spoken.
You shall reply: I have not had my say.
They will tell you: Everything has been done.
You shall reply: My way is not complete.
You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard.
Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper.
And you shall go through and on . . .
—Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis,
THIRD WISH”
― The Robert Fulghum/Boxed Set
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