There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time.
Edward AbbeyThe moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.
Edward AbbeyDefiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel.
Edward AbbeyIf a manโs imagination were not so weak, so easily tired, if his capacity for wonder not so limited, he would abandon forever such fantasies of the supernal. He would learn to perceive in water, leaves and silence more than sufficient of the absolute and marvelous, more than enough to console him for the loss of the ancient dream.
Edward Abbey