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Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.

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
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Reincarnation? There is such a thing. What could be more Mozartian than the Nutcracker Suite?
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Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least.
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In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.
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Apuleius married a rich widow, then wrote _The Golden Ass_.
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This world may be only illusion -- but it's the only illusion we've got.
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Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.
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Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.
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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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Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.
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My computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers.
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Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature.
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I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.
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