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
girl pretty-girl can-do
A pretty girl can do no wrong.
confused years america
I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.
answers world littles
We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.
worry hopeless situation
When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
sea sky perfect
I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.
choices desert done
most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as from necessity - i generally prefer to go into places where no one else wants to go. i find that in contemplating the natural world my pleasure is greater if there are not too many others contemplating it with me, at the same time.
nature wings roots
"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey
giving decision understanding
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.
believe hopeful happy-endings
I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.
elegant feed foul killer kindred predator sly soaring trembling worms
We are kindred all of us, ... killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, the trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails, all of them, all of us.