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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.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Begins
Lies
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Heaven
Lying
Inexpressible
Words
Expresses
Music
Kingdom
Kingdoms

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Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature.
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A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.
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The tragic sense of life: our heroic acceptance of the suffering of others.
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God is love? Not bloody likely.
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Guns don't kill people people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.
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Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface.
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