When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdra…

Edward Abbey
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When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.33, RosettaBooks
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If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality. ✨ Edward Abbey (1996). The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader, p.53, Macmillan
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When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.33, RosettaBooks

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