Abbey Quotes

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. - Edward Abbey

With death doomed to grapple, / Beneath this cold slab, he / Who lied in the chapel / Now lies in the Abbey. - Lord Byron

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. - Edward Abbey

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies. - Edward Abbey

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense. - Edward Abbey

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble. - Edward Abbey

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery. - Lynn Abbey

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. - Edward Abbey