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From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Edward Paul Abbey
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The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death. From Shiloh to Dachau, from Antietam to Stalingrad, from Hiroshima to Vietnam and Afghanistan, the great specialty of industry and technology has been the mass production of human corpses.
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When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.
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The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.
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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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Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement. One dissenting voice would shatter the whole fragile structure.
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My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.
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When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.
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To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
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Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.
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We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.
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The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.
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A woman, as much as a man, is responsible by the age of forty for the character of her face. But women, obeying the biological imperative, strive harder to preserve a youthful appearance (the reproductive look) and lose it sooner.
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I would prefer to write about everything what else is there? But one must be selective.
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Without courage, all other virtues are useless.
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Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand.
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Our “neoconservatives” are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.
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