Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbeywas an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 January 1927
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful mother sorrow
A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage.
men lucky lucky-man
I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.
men once-upon-a-time honor
Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.
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I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.
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How can I be so evil? It ain't easy.
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By the age of eighteen, a human has acquired enough joy and heartache to provide the food of reflection for a century.
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Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once.
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My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.'
moments precarious
Every moment is precious. And precarious.
many-friends loses
Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.
men likes february
No man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February.
gravestone epitaph please
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'.
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The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.
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J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial initial.