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It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?

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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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Free
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Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery of the canyons, see the unknown and the little known, look upon the stone gods face to face, see Medusa, drink my waters, hear my song, feel my power, come along and drift with me toward the distant, ultimate and legendary sea.
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The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.
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Grown men do not need leaders.
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Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit.
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What is reason? Knowledge informed by sympathy, intelligence in the arms of love.
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It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
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Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!
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Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.
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A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.
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To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
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All governments require enemy governments.
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Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
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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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Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all.
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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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In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.
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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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