‎"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey

Most 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.

In the world of words, one of my best-loved tribes is the diatribe.

The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.