Except for the scale of the operation, there was nothing unusual about Hitler's massacre of the Jews. Genocide's an old tradition, as human as mother love or cherry pie.
Edward AbbeyMost academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything.
Edward AbbeyIt is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.
Edward AbbeyThe axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.
Edward AbbeyJohn Updike: our greatest suburban chic-boutique man of letters. A smug and fatal complacency has stunted his growth beyond hope of surgical repair. Not enough passion in his collected works to generate steam in a beer can. Nevertheless, he is considered by some critics to be America's finest *living* author: Hold a chilled mirror to his lips and you will see, presently, a fine and dewy moisture condensing -- like a faery breath! -- upon the glass.
Edward Abbey