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Men have never loved one another much, for reasons we can readily understand: Man is not a lovable animal.

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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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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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In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.
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A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.
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Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.
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The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.
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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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A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.
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I would prefer to write about everything what else is there? But one must be selective.
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The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.
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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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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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Don't talk to me about other worlds, separate realities, lost continents or invisible realms -- I know where I belong. Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.
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Chastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.
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I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.
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There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal.
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For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough.
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The one thing ... that is truly ugly is the climate of hate and intimidation, created by a noisy few, which makes the decent majority reluctant to air in public their views on anything controversial. ... Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all.
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