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By the age of eighteen, a human has acquired enough joy and heartache to provide the food of reflection for a century.

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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
Human
Eighteen
Humans
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Provide
Reflection
Joy
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Age
Heartache

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Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles.
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Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation.
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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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I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.
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The feminists have a legitimate grievance. But so does everyone else.
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Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.
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Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly it's the highway that is ugly.
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Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind.
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Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.
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It is not enough to understand the natural world the point is to defend and preserve it.
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Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
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The purpose of love, sex, and marriage is the production and raising of children. But look about you: Most people have no business having children. They are unqualified, either genetically or culturally or both, to reproduce such sorry specimens as themselves. Of all our privileges, the license to breed is the one most grossly abused.
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Beware of your wishes: They will probably come true.
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Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement. One dissenting voice would shatter the whole fragile structure.
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The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.
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A pretty girl can do no wrong.
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It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.
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And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.
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Beware of the man who has no enemies.
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