EDWARD ABBEY QUOTES VI

American author (1927-1989)

Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.

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Abbey's Road

Tags: utopia


I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.

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attributed, Saving Nature's Legacy

Tags: enemies


To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.

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"Walking", The Journey Home


A city man is at home anywhere, for all big cities are much alike.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)

Tags: cities


With the neutron bomb, which destroys life but not property, capitalism has found the weapon of its dreams.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)

Tags: capitalism


An empty man is full of himself.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)


One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)

Tags: business


Science is the whore of industry and the handmaiden of war.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)

Tags: science


May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and only slightly uphill.

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preface, Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside


Reason is the newest and rarest thing in human life, the most delicate child of human history.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)

Tags: reason


Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.

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The Monkey Wrench Gang

Tags: madness


As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto)

Tags: depression


If I were a millionaire--well, a multimillionaire--I'd buy me an old ferryboat like the Eureka, make a floating home of it. What a grand ballroom, what a place for parties. And when I tired of the social hubbub, I'd weigh anchor and steam away to some romantic hideaway like Richmond, Oakland, or South San Francisco. East San Mateo too might be worth investigating.

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One Life at a Time, Please

Tags: wealth