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I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.

Edward Abbey

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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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Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least.
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
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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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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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The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art and (2) sedition.
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Simplicity is always a virtue.
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How can I be so evil? It ain't easy.
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The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?
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Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.
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Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)
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All dams are ugly, but the Glen Canyon Dam is sinful ugly.
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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
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Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature they distort it.
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