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
There has never been a day in my life when I was not in love.
life regret grief
Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit.
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Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism.
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It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.
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Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
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The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone and to no one.
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A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.
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One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.
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A good writer must have more than vin rose in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.
punishment inspire purpose
The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.
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Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of our time, and, of course, to promote esthetic bliss.
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Beware of the man who has no enemies.
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Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage, slime pits, and debris.
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I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.