Quotes from Edward Abbey

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.

Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand.

God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.

What's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger.

Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?

I once sat on the rim of a mesa above the Rio Grande for three days and nights, trying to have a vision. I got hungry and saw God in the form of a beef pie.

Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet.

I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.

Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made -- unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses.

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.

I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned.

A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse.

Nature, like Maimonides said, is mainly a good place to throw beer cans on Sunday afternoons.

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.

When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.

Don't talk to me about other worlds, separate realities, lost continents or invisible realms -- I know where I belong. Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.