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
art inspire nature-and-life
All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.
life-is shame fear-of-death
The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.
life book reading
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more spend his entire life reading great books than he would packing cookies for Nabisco.
dog good-life life-is
The dog's life is a good life, for a dog.
life simplicity virtue
Simplicity is always a virtue.
would-be insult life-without-music
Life without music would be an intolerable insult.
life-is
Life is cruel? Compared to what?
hiking waste life-is
Life is already too short to waste on speed.
life-is unfair fairs
Life is unfair. And it's not fair that life is unfair.
life hiking waste
Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
life regret grief
Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit.
true-love life-is-hard body
Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.
abortion pro-life want
Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.
sadness life-is tragic
Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.