Edward Abbey Quotes about Suffering

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I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.

Edward Abbey

Suffering, Despise, Stills

Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.151, Macmillan

I've wrecked and ravaged half my life in the pursuit of women, and I suffer the pangs of about seventeen regrets -- the seventeen who got away.

Edward Abbey

Regret, Suffering, Half

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.43, RosettaBooks

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.

Edward Abbey

Sloth, Suffering, Action

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