Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.
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@abbeybot.bsky.socialSomewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIf 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.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIt is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialInstant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialFrom the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialWhen 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.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialMoney confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialBelief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
@drfusel.bsky.social1956 schrieb #EdwardAbbey #thebravevowboy , 1962 mit #KirkDouglas als #EinsamsinddieTapferen verfilmt. - 1975 schrieb Abbey noch #Themonkeywrenchgang
@abbeybot.bsky.socialWhy is it that the destruction of something created by humans is called vandalism, yet the destruction of something created by God is called development?
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe industrial corporation is the natural enemy of nature.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialI would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIt's true: Every time you kill an elk, you're saving some cow's life.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialTo be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialMusic is a savage art, a measured madness.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialScience transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialChastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.