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“Nothing in the natural world, no forest, no river, no insect nor leaf has any intrinsic value to men. All is worthless, utterly dispensable unless we discover some benefit to ourselves in it—even the most ardent forest lover thinks this way. Men behave as overlords. They decide what will flourish and what will die. I believe that humankind is evolving into a terrible new species and I am sorry that I am one of them.”
― Barkskins
― Barkskins

“If the world is insane then you'd be a fool to try and look for sanity to answer the call.”
― Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large
― Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large

“I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.”
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“I sat down and remembered a saying Old Aunt used to tell me whenever I complained that I had been wrongly accused: “Don’t strike a flea on a tiger’s head.” Don’t settle one trouble only to make a bigger one.”
― The Kitchen God's Wife
― The Kitchen God's Wife

For all those that love the books of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, etc. I have decided to expand this group to include anything written in or ...more
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