“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”

—  Jack Handey

Deep Thoughts: Inspiration for the Uninspired (1992), Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-13365-6

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