Edward Abbey

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

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

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little read more

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

For there is a cloud on my horizon. A small dark cloud no bigger than my hand. Its name is read more

For there is a cloud on my horizon. A small dark cloud no bigger than my hand. Its name is Progress.

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.