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Edward Abbey Quotes - Page 8

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We live in a society in which it is normal to be sick; and sick to be abnormal.

We live in a society in which it is normal to be sick; and sick to be abnormal.

Sick, Abnormal, Normal

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.19, RosettaBooks

Jesus don't walk on water no more; his feet leak.

Jesus, Feet, Water

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.9, RosettaBooks

I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.

Sea, Sky, Perfect

Edward Abbey (1984). “Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside”, p.147, Macmillan

Our suicidal poets (Plath, Berryman, Lowell, Jarrell, et al.) spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when they should have been trudging up mountains, slogging through swamps, rowing down rivers. The indoor life is the next best thing to premature burial.

Suicidal, Journey, Should Have

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.36, RosettaBooks

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

Abiding, Satisfaction, Unshakable

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

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

Love, Inspirational, Anger

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

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

Veterans Day, Peace, War

Edward Abbey (1998). “The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel”, p.140, Macmillan

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.

Animal, Favors, Liberation

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.47, RosettaBooks

Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.

Nature, Our Love, Unfaithful

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.47, RosettaBooks

One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones, please.

Deep Understanding, Demand, Stones

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

I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a patriot. A dangerous man.

Men, People, And Love

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.20, RosettaBooks

WEALTH AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT: Let us define the wealthy man as he who has everything he desires. How to reach that happy condition? Two ways

Men, Two, Desire

Edward Abbey, David Petersen (2003). “Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey”, p.353, Big Earth Publishing

The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer."

Military, Police, Democracy

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

Christian theology: nothing so grotesque could possibly be true.

Christian, Grotesque, Being True

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

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

Dollar Bills, Dollars, Cubs

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.51, RosettaBooks

Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions.

Atheist, Doubt, Islam

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.11, RosettaBooks

A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

Home, Men, Rifles

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

Women truly are better than men. Otherwise, they'd be intolerable.

Men

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.44, RosettaBooks

A life without tragedy would not be worth living.

Tragedy, Worth Living

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

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

Hate, People, Musical

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

What is truth? I don't know and I'm sorry I brought it up.

Truth, Sorry, Knows

One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by work, play, and living experience. But this remains the most utopian and fantastic of ideals.

Play, Common Sense, Healthy

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.21, RosettaBooks

Let the people walk. Or ride horses, bicycles, mules, wild pigs-anything-but keep the automobiles and the motorcycles and all their motorized relatives out. We have agreed not to drive our automobiles into cathedrals, concert halls, art museums, legislative assemblies, private bedrooms and other sanctums of our culture; we should treat our national parks with the same deference, for they, too, are holy places.

Horse, Art, Museums

Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring

Spring, Technology, Simple

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.49, RosettaBooks

I have found through trial and error that I work best under duress. In fact I work only under duress.

Errors, Trial And Error, Trials

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

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