Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.
Edward AbbeyThe gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.
Edward AbbeyWar: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.
Edward AbbeyWhat is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
Edward AbbeySimplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic distance projects more magic and power than the entire Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus laboring (once again) through the Mozart Requiem or Bach's B Minor Mass.
Edward Abbey