“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.”

— Edward Abbey

"How It Was", page 55
Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside (1984)

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American author and essayist 1927–1989

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