Quote #17
We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there.
More from Edward Abbey
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- To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.
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- Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism.
- A great thirst is a great joy when quenched in time.
- Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
- Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful.
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