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The ideal kitchen-sink novel: Throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Then add the kitchen sink.

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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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If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality.
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All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.
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Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.
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Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.
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Music is a savage art, a measured madness.
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