# Quote — Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat

> Where this area had been beautiful with its many trees and bright grass and the colored blooms of the vines that covered the trees, it was now like a battlefield. It had been necessary to create ugliness to build a beautiful boat.

- Author: [Philip José Farmer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer.md)
- Book: [The Fabulous Riverboat](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer/the-fabulous-riverboat.md)
- Page: 87
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer#The_Fabulous_Riverboat_(1971)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer/the-fabulous-riverboat/where-this-area

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