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Edward Abbey, né le 29 janvier 1927 à Indiana dans l'État de Pennsylvanie et mort le 14 mars 1989 à Tucson dans l'Arizona, est un écrivain et essayiste américain, doublé d'un militant écologiste radical. Ses œuvres les plus connues sont le roman Le Gang de la clef à molette, qui inspira la création de l'organisation environnementale Earth First!, et son essai Désert solitaire. L'écrivain américain Larry McMurtry le considère comme « le Thoreau de l'Ouest américain ». Wikipedia  

✵ 29. janvier 1927 – 14. mars 1989
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Edward Abbey Citations

Edward Abbey: Citations en anglais

“I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.”

Edward Abbey livre Desert Solitaire

"Serpents of Paradise", p. 18
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“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.”

Edward Abbey livre Desert Solitaire

"The Dead Man at Grandview Point", p. 186
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.”

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“Among politicians and businessman, Pragmatism is the current term for "To hell with our children."”

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.”

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

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

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”

Edward Abbey livre Desert Solitaire

"Cliffrose and Bayonets", p. 26
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism.”

Edward Abbey livre Desert Solitaire

"Bedrock and Paradox", p. 233
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.”

Edward Abbey livre Down the River

Source: Down the River (1982), p. 81

“What's the difference between a whore and a congressman? A congressman makes more money.”

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“My job is to save the fucking wilderness. I don't know anything else worth saving.”

Edward Abbey livre The Monkey Wrench Gang

George Hayduke, page 229
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

“What's more American than violence?”

Edward Abbey livre The Monkey Wrench Gang

Hayduke wanted to know. "Violence, it's as American as pizza pie.
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

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