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A good writer must have more than vin rosé in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.

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
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Philosopher
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Edward Paul Abbey
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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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Tofu and futons. The adepts of Orientalism seem to spend most of their lives reclining. They can't quite summon the energy to crawl up onto a chair. Even their Yogic exercises are carried out in a prone or sitting position.
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I'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids on a satellite planet from the world of Betelgeuse.
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All living things on earth are kindred.
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Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least.
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Chastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.
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Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.
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The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.
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The industrial corporation is the natural enemy of nature.
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We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men.
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It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written.
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All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?
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Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops.
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.
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To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
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I intend to be good for the rest of my natural life -- if I live that long.
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Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in 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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It's all still there in heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days and years to come.
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When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.
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