Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'Tha…

Edward Abbey
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Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'That's all right, I'm headed his way. I'll give it to him when I see him.' ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.10, RosettaBooks
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I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.12, RosettaBooks
J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial initial. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.22, RosettaBooks
One day in Dipstick, Nebraska, or Landfill, Oklahoma, is worth more to me than an eternity in Dante's plastic Paradiso, or Yeats's gold-plated Byzantium. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the … ▶
The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan. ✨ Edward … ▶
Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.44, Rosett … ▶

Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'That's all right, I'm headed his way. I'll give it to him when I see him.' ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.10, RosettaBooks

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