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

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Above Amazing Clouds Crooked Dangerous Leading Lonesome May Most Most Amazing Mountains Rise Trails View Winding Your

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

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Human Human Spirit Luxury Necessity Spirit Wilderness

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When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Best Best Friend Dog Friend His Man Problem

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

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Against Always Country Defend Government His Must Patriot Ready

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The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Defenders Defense Idea Needs Only Wilderness

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

~Edward Abbey

Topics: California Experience Logic Reason Science Then Thought Verified

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You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Darkness Flooding Light Study You

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

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Cancer Cell Growth Ideology Sake

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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.

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Every Layer Like Once Society Stew Stir Then Top Up While You

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

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Always Attracts Best Corrupts Dangerous Power Worst

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 29th, 1927

Died: March 14th, 1989

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