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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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Apuleius married a rich widow, then wrote _The Golden Ass_.
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I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.
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The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality.
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Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
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I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.
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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.
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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
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Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?
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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.
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It may be true that my desk here is really 'nothing but' a transient eddy of electrons in the flux of universal process. Nevertheless, I find that it continues to support my feet, my revolver, and my cigars all day long. What happens when my back is turned I don't know. Or much care. That's no concern of mine.
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It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?
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The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature.
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It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.
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A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers.
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If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.
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Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits.
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The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.
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To be alive is to take risks to be always safe and secure is death.
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