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If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality.
Edward Abbey
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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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I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.
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In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.
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The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.
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Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.
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