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The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.

Edward Abbey

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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
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Edward Paul Abbey
Life
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Fear
Death
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We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.
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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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Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.
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Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.
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I wish to be an inspector of volcanoes. I want to study cloud formations and memorize the wind and learn by heart the habits of the ponderosa pine.
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In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss.
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By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.
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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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One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information (2) coherent knowledge (3) deep understanding (4) infinite loving wisdom (5) no more kidney stones, please.
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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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England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.
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A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.
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The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.
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I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.
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A drink a day keeps the shrink away.
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Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.
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One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years.
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You can't belay a man who's falling in love.
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A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers.
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