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Edward Abbey quotes: So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally. So I lived alone.
The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally.
Edward Abbey quotes: Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government. Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.
Edward Abbey quotes: You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
Edward Abbey quotes: Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person. Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
Edward Abbey quotes: It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one as the other. It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one as the other.
Edward Abbey quotes: If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally. If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally.
Edward Abbey quotes: Gaze not too long into the abyss, lest the abyss gaze into thee. Gaze not too long into the abyss, lest the abyss gaze into thee.
Edward Abbey quotes: If I had been as capable of trust as I am susceptible to fear I might have learned something new or some truth so very old we have all forgotten If I had been as capable of trust as I am susceptible to fear I might have learned something new or some truth so very old we have all forgotten it.
Edward Abbey quotes: But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books. But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books.
Edward Abbey quotes: For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough. For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough.
Edward Abbey quotes: As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!' As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner
if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'
Edward Abbey quotes: Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great. Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great.
Edward Abbey quotes: The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe fear and awe of the State. The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe
fear and awe of the State.
Edward Abbey quotes: I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be. I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.
Edward Abbey quotes: It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave. It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.
Edward Abbey quotes: And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain. And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.
Edward Abbey quotes: Wordless, it rises and falls in hemidemisemitones of unearthly misery. The dirge of the damned Wordless, it rises and falls in hemidemisemitones of unearthly misery. The dirge of the damned
Edward Abbey quotes: You can't belay a man who's falling in love. You can't belay a man who's falling in love.
Edward Abbey quotes: Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
Edward Abbey quotes: Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't. Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't.
Edward Abbey quotes: The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all. The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.
Edward Abbey quotes: We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us. We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us.
Edward Abbey quotes: The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality. The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality.
Edward Abbey quotes: Is the Archbishop's blessing any more meaningful than the Politician's handshake? The come, they go, with bigger things than us on their minds. Is the Archbishop's blessing any more meaningful than the Politician's handshake? The come, they go, with bigger things than us on their minds.
Edward Abbey quotes: Lake Powell: storage pond, silt trap, evaporation tank and garbage dispose-all, a 180-mile-long incipient sewage lagoon. Lake Powell: storage pond, silt trap, evaporation tank and garbage dispose-all, a 180-mile-long incipient sewage lagoon.
Edward Abbey quotes: The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while. The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while.
Edward Abbey quotes: It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight. It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.
Edward Abbey quotes: For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself. For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself.
Edward Abbey quotes: A life without tragedy would not be worth living. We A life without tragedy would not be worth living. We
Edward Abbey quotes: To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed. To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.
Edward Abbey quotes: Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one. Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.
Edward Abbey quotes: My notion of a great novel is something like a five-hundred-page shaggy-dog story, with only the punch line omitted. My notion of a great novel is something like a five-hundred-page shaggy-dog story, with only the punch line omitted.
Edward Abbey quotes: Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon? Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?
Edward Abbey quotes: Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart. Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.
Edward Abbey quotes: The love of a man for his wife, his child, of the land where he lives and works, is for me the real meaning of mystical experience. The love of a man for his wife, his child, of the land where he lives and works, is for me the real meaning of mystical experience.
Edward Abbey quotes: James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end. James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end.
Edward Abbey quotes: Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood. Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood.
Edward Abbey quotes: Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind. Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.
Edward Abbey quotes: Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it. Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.
Edward Abbey quotes: Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.
Edward Abbey quotes: Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers. Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.
Edward Abbey quotes: It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written. It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written.
Edward Abbey quotes: Vanity, vanity, nothing but vanity: the itch for naming things is almost as bad as the itch for possessing things. Vanity, vanity, nothing but vanity: the itch for naming things is almost as bad as the itch for possessing things.
Edward Abbey quotes: In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock. In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.
Edward Abbey quotes: When a man must be afraid to drink freely from his country's river and streams that country is no longer fit to live in. When a man must be afraid to drink freely from his country's river and streams that country is no longer fit to live in.
Edward Abbey quotes: I am not an atheist but an earthiest. Be true to the earth. I am not an atheist but an earthiest. Be true to the earth.
Edward Abbey quotes: We should restore the practice of dueling. It might improve manners around here. We should restore the practice of dueling. It might improve manners around here.
Edward Abbey quotes: Vaughan Telecom installers and contractors ensure the highest quality service for data and network cabling in Toronto and GTA area. Vaughan Telecom installers and contractors ensure the highest quality service for data and network cabling in Toronto and GTA area.
Edward Abbey quotes: Girls, like flowers, bloom but once. But once is enough. Girls, like flowers, bloom but once. But once is enough.
Edward Abbey quotes: The New Age orgy: The flesh was willing but the spirit's weak. The New Age orgy: The flesh was willing but the spirit's weak.
Edward Abbey quotes: Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Edward Abbey quotes: As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases. As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases.
Edward Abbey quotes: I've got a crooked elbow and I generally say my prayers with one leg on a brass rail. I've got a crooked elbow and I generally say my prayers with one leg on a brass rail.
Edward Abbey quotes: God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore. God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.
Edward Abbey quotes: Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'.
Edward Abbey quotes: There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution. There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.
Edward Abbey quotes: Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy. Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.
Edward Abbey quotes: Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once. Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once.
Edward Abbey quotes: Little boys love machines; girls adore horses; grown-up men and women like to walk. Little boys love machines; girls adore horses; grown-up men and women like to walk.
Edward Abbey quotes: Henry James was our master of periphrasis the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words. Henry James was our master of periphrasis
the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.
Edward Abbey quotes: A house built on greed cannot long endure. A house built on greed cannot long endure.
Edward Abbey quotes: Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
Edward Abbey quotes: I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses. I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made
unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses.
Edward Abbey quotes: In both metaphysics and art, honesty is the best policy. Keep it clean. In both metaphysics and art, honesty is the best policy. Keep it clean.
Edward Abbey quotes: The rich are not very nice. That's why they're rich. The rich are not very nice. That's why they're rich.
Edward Abbey quotes: The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations. The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.
Edward Abbey quotes: I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism. I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.
Edward Abbey quotes: Scientific method: There's a madness in the method. Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.
Edward Abbey quotes: Women who love only women may have a good point. Women who love only women may have a good point.
Edward Abbey quotes: Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried. Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried.
Edward Abbey quotes: A cowboy is a hired hand on the middle of a horse contemplating the hind end of a cow. A cowboy is a hired hand on the middle of a horse contemplating the hind end of a cow.
Edward Abbey quotes: From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm. From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
Edward Abbey quotes: Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature. Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature.
Edward Abbey quotes: Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront. Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.
Edward Abbey quotes: I am against all forms of government, including good government. I am against all forms of government, including good government.
Edward Abbey quotes: Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies. Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.
Edward Abbey quotes: The sexual revolution transformed the American West: Now even cowboys can get laid. The sexual revolution transformed the American West: Now even cowboys can get laid.
Edward Abbey quotes: One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word. One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word.
Edward Abbey quotes: In all of nature, there is no sound more pleasing than that of a hungry animal at its feed. Unless you are the food. In all of nature, there is no sound more pleasing than that of a hungry animal at its feed. Unless you are the food.
Edward Abbey quotes: In everything but brains and brawn, women are vastly superior to men. A different race. In everything but brains and brawn, women are vastly superior to men. A different race.
Edward Abbey quotes: The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others. The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.
Edward Abbey quotes: Democracy rule by the people sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America. Democracy
rule by the people
sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.
Edward Abbey quotes: I've wrecked and ravaged half my life in the pursuit of women, and I suffer the pangs of about seventeen regrets the seventeen who got away. I've wrecked and ravaged half my life in the pursuit of women, and I suffer the pangs of about seventeen regrets
the seventeen who got away.
Edward Abbey quotes: You long for success? Start at the bottom; dig down. You long for success? Start at the bottom; dig down.
Edward Abbey quotes: There is a kind of poetry in simple fact. There is a kind of poetry in simple fact.
Edward Abbey quotes: The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it. The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.
Edward Abbey quotes: When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws. When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.
Edward Abbey quotes: Simplicity is always a virtue. Simplicity is always a virtue.
Edward Abbey quotes: The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
Edward Abbey quotes: Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness. Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.
Edward Abbey quotes: You cannot reshape human nature without mutilating human beings. You cannot reshape human nature without mutilating human beings.
Edward Abbey quotes: All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love and most of all, an audience! All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love
and most of all, an audience!
Edward Abbey quotes: It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive. It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.
Edward Abbey quotes: When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble. When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.
Edward Abbey quotes: All forms of government are pernicious, including good government. All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.
Edward Abbey quotes: The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it. The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.
Edward Abbey quotes: The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live ... The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live ...
Edward Abbey quotes: The dog's life is a good life, for a dog. The dog's life is a good life, for a dog.
Edward Abbey quotes: Man was created to complete the horse. Man was created to complete the horse.
Edward Abbey quotes: It's a great country: you can say whatever you like so long as it is strictly truenobody will ever take you seriously. It's a great country: you can say whatever you like so long as it is strictly true
nobody will ever take you seriously.

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