Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbeywas an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 January 1927
CountryUnited States of America
education illumination light
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
beauty-everywhere heartbreaking
There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.
giving adequate never-fear
If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.
leadership men maturity
Grown men do not need leaders.
self revolution causes
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.
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In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.
stars memorable night
I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.
risk alive path
A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take risks, for godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded, drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches - that is the right and privilege of any free American.
magic wonder evoke
I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or the transcendent.
beautiful men down-and
There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep.
beautiful rebel defiance
Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel.
dream nightmare terrible
The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares.
adventure cutting civilization
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.
friendship dog silly
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.