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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
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
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Fear
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One single act of defiance against power, against the State that seems omnipotent but is not, transforms and transfigures the human personality. At least for a time. For a while. Perhaps that is enough.
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
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When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management.
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Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.
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Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.
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This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.
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A pretty girl can do no wrong.
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Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't.
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The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.
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I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.
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If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
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I once sat on the rim of a mesa above the Rio Grande for three days and nights, trying to have a vision. I got hungry and saw God in the form of a beef pie.
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The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you the public will not believe you your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.
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Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.
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The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
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Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.
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A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.
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Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony.
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