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• I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

  Edward Abbey

  America, Saving, Wilderness

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.46, RosettaBooks

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• Humans were free before the word freedom became necessary.

  Edward Abbey

  Humans

  Edward Abbey (1988). “One Life at a Time, Please”, p.28, Macmillan

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• God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.

  Edward Abbey

  America, Trying, God Bless

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• All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.

  Edward Abbey

  Self, Political, Revolution

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• We're all undesirable elements from somebody's point of view.

  Edward Abbey

  Views, Elements, Point Of View

  "Abbey's Road". Book by Edward Abbey, 1979.

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• The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?

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  Waiting, Doe, Desert

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.241, Simon and Schuster

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• Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.

  Edward Abbey

  Lying, Heaven, Kingdoms

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.40, RosettaBooks

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• The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.

  Edward Abbey

  Wine, People, Independence

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.25, RosettaBooks

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• Wilderness. The word itself is music.

  Edward Abbey

  Wilderness

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.146, University of Arizona Press

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• Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*.

  Edward Abbey

  Desert

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.10, RosettaBooks

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• A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Civilization, Names

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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.

  Edward Abbey

  Beautiful, Girl, Laughter

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.34, RosettaBooks

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• There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep.

  Edward Abbey

  Beautiful, Men, Down And

  Edward Abbey (1988). “One Life at a Time, Please”, p.148, Macmillan

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• Women who love only women may have a good point.

  Edward Abbey

  May

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• A house built on greed cannot long endure.

  Edward Abbey

  Long, House, Greed

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• Why administrators are respected and schoolteachers are not: An administrator is paid a lot for doing very little, while a teacher is paid very little for doing a lot.

  Edward Abbey

  Teacher, Littles, Administrators

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.53, RosettaBooks

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• Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great.

  Edward Abbey

  Art, Perfect, Ballet

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.35, RosettaBooks

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• There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure.

  Edward Abbey

  Abiding, Satisfaction, Unshakable

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.26, RosettaBooks

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• As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'

  Edward Abbey

  Cutting, Singing, Said

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.40, RosettaBooks

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• Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him; he harms nobody; and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height.

  Edward Abbey

  Turkeys, Envy, Littles

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

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• I am an enemy of the State. But isn't everyone?

  Edward Abbey

  Enemy, States

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.22, RosettaBooks

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• I stand for what I stand on.

  Edward Abbey

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• Page, Arizona, Shithead Capital of Coconino County: any town with thirteen churches and only four bars has got an incipient social problem. That town is looking for trouble.

  Edward Abbey

  Church, Bars, Four

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.56, RosettaBooks

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• An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.

  Edward Abbey

  Philosophy, Political, Growth

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.114, University of Arizona Press

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• If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

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  Giving, Adequate, Never Fear

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.27, RosettaBooks

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