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What is reason? Knowledge informed by sympathy, intelligence in the arms of love.

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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
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Love
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I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.
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Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation.
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In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
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The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.
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If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making between, say, Hitler's Germany and Rebecca's Sunnybrook Farm.
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All living things on earth are kindred.
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Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.
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A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.
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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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The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.
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By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.
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Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
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That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.
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The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
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Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.
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Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game
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