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
tombstone great-work ends
James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end.
may
Women who love only women may have a good point.
communication writing winter
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating, instant electronic communication and such, have taught me to relearn and enjoy the basic human satisfactions of dipping water from a cold clear mountain stream; of building a wood fire in a cast-iron stove; of using long winter nights for making music, making things, making love; of writing long letters, in longhand with a fountain pen, to the few people on this earth I truly care about.
doubt sauce meals
A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.
men sheep brave
In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.
nuts fellows fastidious
I'm a fastidious sort of fellow, fond of watermelon and buckbrush nuts.
human-nature social institutions
Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.
men likes february
No man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February.
wine people hills
The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.
j-edgar-hoover parnell shitheads
J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial initial.
feet may needs
We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.
gnarly world metaphysical
The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs on which you can hang a metaphysical system. If you must.
mind cobwebs metaphysics
Metaphysics is a cobweb that the mind weaves around things.
heart mind relaxation
Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.