Bears Quote by Alison Hawthorne Deming

“There are landscapes and species that are not going to be here a hundred years from now, fifty years from now. One gift we as writers give to the world is to bear witness to these landscapes and species as we have experienced them.” quote by Alison Hawthorne Deming — Download Open image

“There are landscapes and species that are not going to be here a hundred years from now, fifty years from now. One gift we as writers give to the world is to bear witness to these landscapes and species as we have experienced them.”

Alison Hawthorne Deming

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Bears Fifty Giving Hundred Landscape Species Witness World Writing Years

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