Edward Abbey

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the read more

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to read more

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.