The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. Thatโs the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesnโt much matter whether you get where youโre going or not. Youโll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.
Edward AbbeyI am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.
Edward AbbeyYes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful work, keeping their families together and taking an active part in the health of their communities, opposing what is evil (in one way or another) and defending what is good. Heroes do not want power over others.
Edward AbbeyMost of what we call the classics of world literature suggest artifacts in a wax museum. We have to hire and pay professors to get them read and talked about.
Edward Abbey