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“We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us.”

Quote by Edward Abbey

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

This book is a narrative set against the backdrop of a barren wilderness, delving into the struggles and resilience of its characters. The story examines the human spirit's capacity to endure and find meaning in the face of adversity. more

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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. more

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“Why must love always be accompanied--sooner or later--by sorrow and pain? Why not? Because pure bliss is for pure idiots.”

Pain Sorrow Pure Idiot Bliss Why Not Sooner Or Later Love Always Pure Bliss

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

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“I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a "surly, illmannered, badtempered fellow." ... Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone who hates hypocrisy, cant, sham, dogmatic ideologies, the pretenses and evasions of euphemism, and has the nerve to point out unpleasant facts and takes the trouble to impale these sins on the skewer of humor and roast them over the fires of empiric fact, common sense, and native intelligence. In this nation of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, it then becomes an honor to be labeled curmudgeon.”

Has Beens Facts Hate Nations Sin Common Fire Trouble Honor Fellows Ill Common Sense Ideology Hypocrisy Native Nerves Sheep Cant Dictionary Dogmatic Jackasses Surly Curmudgeon

Author:Edward Abbey

“In the first place you can't see anything from a car; you've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail you'll begin to see something, maybe. Probably not.”

Firsts Hands Nature Walks Blood Car Mark Knees Trails Cactus Sandstone

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream.”

Ifs Littles Self Dream America Artist Nations Rich Farmers American Dream Hunters Craftsman Self Reliant Ranchers Farmers And Ranchers

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

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“A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most nonprivileged of pleasures. Anyone with two legs and the price of a pair of army surplus combat boots may enter.”

May Two Pleasure Journey Army Legs Pairs Wilderness Combat Boots Surplus Combat Boots

Author:Edward Abbey

“This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.”

Men Mind Heart Home Earth Beautiful Nature Known Travel Ideals Every Man Carrie Heart And Mind Right Place Visionaries Beautiful Places True Home

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?”

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Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

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“Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life as in other places but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity, with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem of grass, so that the living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”

Source: Desert Solitaire

“The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.”

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“Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.”

Should Charity Altruism Spontaneous Affront Be Spontaneous

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness