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In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.

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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
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Edward Paul Abbey
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The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.
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