The Silent Reclamation
"The ruins were not empty; nature had moved in, silent and insistent."
-Unknown author
"Nature always takes back what belongs to her. Slowly. Patiently. Powerfully."
-Unkown artist
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"Abandon a place long enough, and nature writes its name over it in green."
-inspired by Alan Weisman, The World Without Us
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"Even in ruins, life insists."
-Unknown artist
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"Time erodes all, and nature never stops..."
-Unknown Artist
By Cara Thomas