Quotes by Edward Abbey

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."

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"Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing."

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"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California."

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"Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top."

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"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

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"Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination."

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"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best."

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"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."

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"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"

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