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Edward Abbey Quotes: When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.
         

When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.


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To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.



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The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.



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

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



I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.



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.

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.



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

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



Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.



Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.



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

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



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

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





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The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly.

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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.



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Purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God.



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