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Edward Abbey

“No one know precisely how sentient is a pinyon pine, for example, or to what degree such woody organisms can feel pain or fear, and in any case the road builders had more important things to worry about, but this much is clearly established as scientific face: a living tree, once uprooted, takes many days to wholly die.”

Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
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