To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating, instant electronic communication and such, have taught me to relearn and enjoy the basic human satisfactions of dipping water from a cold clear mountain stream; of building a wood fire in a cast-iron stove; of using long winter nights for making music, making things, making love; of writing long letters, in longhand with a fountain pen, to the few people on this earth I truly care about. β¨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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- The sexual revolution transformed the American West: Now even cowboys can get laid. β¨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.54, RosettaBooks
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- Humankind will not be free until the last Kremlin commissar is strangled with the entrails of the last Pentagon chief of staff. β¨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.21, RosettaB β¦ βΆ
- Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. β¨ Edward Abbey (1968). Desert Solitaire, p.169, Simon and Schuster
- Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions. β¨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.11, Rosetta β¦ βΆ
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