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Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long and grow as slowly

Wallace Earle Stegner (1995). “Where the bluebird sings to the lemonade springs: living and writing in the West”, Random House Value Pub
Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long and grow as slowly