Description:For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang.
Notes from a Secret Journal
Edward Abbey on:
Government-"Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by a government against iFor the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang.
Notes from a Secret Journal
Edward Abbey on:
Government-"Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by a government against its own people."
Sex-"How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in April out of Grandview Point in San Juan County, Utah."
New York City-"New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?"
Literature-"Henry James. Our finest lady novelist." ... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : St. Martin's Griffin Release date : 15 August 1989 ISBN-10 : 0312064888 |
ISBN-13: 9780312064884
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"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.
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"I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.
I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.
It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it.
I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion.
Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed b"