What ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot day in June.
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Belief What do I believe in I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood, fire, woman, rivers, eagles, storm, drums, flutes, banjos, and broom-tailed horses....Edward Paul Abbey
The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.... No, wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
Edward Paul Abbey
Beware the writer who always encloses the word 'reality' in quotation marks He's trying to slip something over on you. Or into you.
Edward Paul Abbey
I do not believe in personal immortality it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.
Edward Paul Abbey
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
Edward Paul Abbey
The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
Edward Paul Abbey
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