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I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact.

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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Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?
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I would give ten years off the beginning of my life to see, only once, Tyrannosaurus rex come rearing up from the elms of Central Park, a Morgan police horse screaming in its jaws. We can never have enough of nature.
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Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach. The remainder is only ecstasy-or darkness.
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When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.
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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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Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position.
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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.
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Men have never loved one another much, for reasons we can readily understand: Man is not a lovable animal.
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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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Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.
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It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.
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All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.
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The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws.
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Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.
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Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.
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My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.
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