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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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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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Jane Austen: Getting into her books is like getting in bed with a cadaver. Something vital is lacking namely, life.
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What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.'
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The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.
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The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.
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Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism.
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The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.
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Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?
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In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.
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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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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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A good writer must have more than vin rosé in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.
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The nuclear bomb took all the fun out of war.
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I now find the most marvelous things in the everyday, the ordinary, the common, the simple and tangible.
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When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.
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Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.
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Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature.
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Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too radical in the West, for being too conservative. He could please no one but the musical public. He revenged himself on both by writing a short piece called 'March of the Soviet Police.'
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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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