In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine. Edward Abbey More Quotes by Edward Abbey More Quotes From Edward Abbey A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed. Edward Abbey hard miserable obsessed I'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids on a satellite planet from the world of Betelgeuse. Edward Abbey communication race ideas When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about. Edward Abbey hopeless situation worry What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. Edward Abbey brave hero book It seems clear at last that our love for the natural world-Nature-is the only means by which we can requite God's obvious love for it. Edward Abbey environmental mean world The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what? Edward Abbey desert waiting doe Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid. Edward Abbey crazy enemy world I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Edward Abbey snakes humanist men The 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 Abbey government home country I now find the most marvelous things in the everyday, the ordinary, the common, the simple and tangible. Edward Abbey everyday simple ordinary Simplicity is always a virtue. Edward Abbey simplicity virtue life What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most. Edward Abbey cleaners economist turns In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss. Edward Abbey boss dog funny Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds. Edward Abbey balance secret world "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 Edward Abbey nature roots wings Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it! Edward Abbey damn appearance reality You long for success? Start at the bottom; dig down. Edward Abbey bottom long The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic. Edward Abbey mystic materialistic poor it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way is found to stabilize the nation's population, the parks can not be saved. or anything else worth a damn. wilderness preservation, like a hundred other good causes, will be forgotten under the overwhelming pressure of a struggle for mere survival and sanity in a completely urbanized, completely industrialized, ever more crowded environment. for my own part i would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world. Edward Abbey survival struggle war Life: another day, another dolor. Edward Abbey another-day
