andrewSTEPHENgoodrich

November 14, 2011 - 12:28 PM

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The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert complements city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization.

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there… We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope…

— from Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
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