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“One furnishes one's abode in diametric proportion to one's psychic furnishings. The greater our psychic dimension, the less furniture we need. Think what Thoreau needed at Walden.” quote by Drew Rodgers — Download Open image

““One furnishes one's abode in diametric proportion to one's psychic furnishings. The greater our psychic dimension, the less furniture we need. Think what Thoreau needed at Walden.””

Drew Rodgers

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