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Edward Abbey was an American author known for his naturalist works and advocacy for environmental protection. His writings often take the desolate wilderness of the American Southwest as a backdrop, profoundly revealing the relationship between humans and nature. Abbey's writing style is unique, filled with humor and satire, and has had a profound impact on later generations.

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Famous Edward Abbey Quotes

“When riding my old Harley a ninety per at midnight down the Via Roma in Naples, I kept one consolation firmly in mind: If anything goes wrong, I'll never have time to regret it.”

Ifs Mind Regret Riding Midnight Consolation Ninety Anything Goes Naples Harley

Author:Edward Abbey

“Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.”

Ifs Lying Heaven Music Is Kingdoms Kingdom Of Heaven

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally.”

Ifs Hate I Hate Rhythm Latin

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'”

Ifs Said Cutting Singing Mark Wagner

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“If we had the power of ten Shakespeares or a dozen Mozarts, we could not produce anything half so marvelous as one ordinary human child.”

Ifs Humans Children Half Produce Ten Ordinary Dozen Marvelous

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.”

Ifs Needs Looks Virtue Rich Grace Pride Wit Looking Good

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“If you're never ridden a fast horse at a dead run across a desert valley at dawn, be of good cheer: You've only missed out on one half of life.”

Ifs Running Half Horse Desert Dawn Cheer Valleys One Half Good Cheer

Author:Edward Abbey

“Alaska is our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state. Texas remains our largest unfrozen state. But mountainous Utah, if ironed out flat, would take up more space on a map than either.”

Ifs States Space Remains Maps Flats Texas Alaska Utah

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.”

Ifs Giving Wells Littles Evil Brain Office Computer Coffee Silicon

Author:Edward Abbey

“Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy.”

Ifs Mind Humans Littles Soul Earth Joy Night Dies Space Sun Forever Flow Rivers Brave Environmental Rounds Ships Desert Delicate Sailing Voyages Passengers Rafting Flowing River

Author:Edward Abbey

“The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert complements city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization.”

Ifs Nature Cities Needed Civilization Mountain Silent Available Desert Wilderness Refuge Complement Bearable Inferno

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

About the Author

Born: January 29, 1927
Died: March 14, 1989
Known for: Author
Quotes: 695

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