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• The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak. -- Edward Abbey
• Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• You can't belay a man who's falling in love. -- Edward Abbey
• Poetry--even bad poetry--may be our final hope. -- Edward Abbey
• To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious.
  But the stupid have an answer for every question. -- Edward Abbey...
• A true conservative must necessarily be a conservationalist. -- Edward Abbey
• The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs on which you can hang a metaphysical system.
  If you must. -- Edward Abbey...
• Is a mirage real? Well, it's a real mirage. -- Edward Abbey