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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.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Ambition
Contemplating
Meditation
Retiring
Novel
Literary
Lotuses
Position
Sole
Lotus
Write
Assume
Huts
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Desert
Compose
Mind
Assuming
Retire
Good
Senses
Sink

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In everything but brains and brawn, women are vastly superior to men. A different race.
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The sense of justice springs from self-respect both are coeval with our birth. Children are born with an innate sense of justice it usually takes twelve years of public schooling and four more years of college to beat it out of them.
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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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Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!
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I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.
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Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.
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If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves. E.Abbey
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
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Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't.
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