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Edward Abbey

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

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

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"We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope."
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"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."
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"One mile farther and I come to a second grave beside the road, nameless like the other, marked only with the dull blue-black stones of the badlands. I do not pause this time. The more often you stop the more difficult it is to continue. Stop too long and they cover you with rocks."
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"The gross evil of our time defies all labels."
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"But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest - next only to lust."
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"An empty man is full of himself."
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"So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally."
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"Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most."
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"I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings."
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"Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience."
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