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Why this cult of wilderness?... because we like the taste of freedom because we like the smell of danger.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
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Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind.
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I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.
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The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.
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