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
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Salome had but seven veils; the artist has a thousand.
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The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will not believe you; your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.
wine night easy-days
There is a wine called Easy Days and Mellow Nights, well-known on the outskirts of the Navajo reservation. It is an economical wine, fortified with the best of intentions, and I recommend it to every serious wino.
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Mental degeneracy may be caused by lead poisoning. Or by a poor dip in the gene pool.
character men race
We judge individual man and women as we do nations and races -- by the character of their achievement and by their achievement of character.
long natural be-good
I intend to be good for the rest of my natural life -- if I live that long.
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Art, science, philosophy, religion -- each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience.
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Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a critic of the society he lives in.
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The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with languid fins through a subaqueous medium of pale violet polluted ink.
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When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.
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The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee- pad conservative....
sloth heroic enterprise
I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.
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By the age of eighteen, a human has acquired enough joy and heartache to provide the food of reflection for a century.
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Every moment is precious. And precarious.