My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah.
Edward AbbeyHenry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.
Edward AbbeyThere are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.
Edward AbbeyLate in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine tree, cut my initials in the bark of an aspen, get bit by a mosquito, see a mountain bluebird, find a big blue columbine, get lost in the firs, hike above timberline, sunbathe on snow and eat some ice, climb the rocks and stand in the wind at the top of the world on the peak of Tukuhnikivats.
Edward Abbey