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If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
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Edward Paul Abbey
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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
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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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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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Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?
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A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
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Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.
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My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.'
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Put the park rangers to work. Lazy scheming loafers, they've wasted too many years selling tickets at toll booths and sitting behind desks filling out charts and tables
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Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.
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No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.
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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
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