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> [“We are not here as settlers, but rather as observers and sojourners. In our eyes, everything looks permanent, as though they would last forever, but they will last as long as we are still around, until we are not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/we-are-not-here-as-settlers-but-rather-as-observers-and-sojourners-in/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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